verstopfen

I v/t (hat verstopft) block (up); (Rohr, Abfluss) auch clog up; (Straße) congest

II v/i (ist) Rohr etc.: become blocked (oder clogged up)

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to jam; to congest; to block up; to clog up; to constipate; to engorge; to occlude; to plug up; to stop up; to choke up; to close up

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vt

to stop up; Ohren auch to plug; Ausguss auch to block (up); Straße to block, to jam; Blutgefäß to block

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1) (to crowd full: The gateway was jammed with angry people.) jam

2) (to block: This pipe was choked with dirt.) choke

3) (to make or become blocked: The drain is clogged (up) with hair.) clog

4) (to block (a hole) by putting a plug in it: He plugged the hole in the window with a piece of newspaper.) plug

5) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) stop

6) (to block: Some rubbish got into the drain and stopped it up.) stop up

7) (to block: He stuffed the hole up with some newspaper; I've got a cold and my nose is stuffed up.) stuff up

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ver·stop·fen *

I. vt

1. (zustopfen)

▪ etw [mit etw dat] \verstopfen to block up sep sth [with sth]

sich dat die Ohren \verstopfen to stop up sep one's ears

2. (blockieren)

▪ etw \verstopfen to block up sth

Poren \verstopfen to clog pores

II. vi Hilfsverb: sein to get [or become] blocked [up]

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1.

transitives Verb block

2.

intransitives Verb; mit sein become blocked

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verstopfen

A. v/t (hat verstopft) block (up); (Rohr, Abfluss) auch clog up; (Straße) congest

B. v/i (ist) Rohr etc: become blocked (oder clogged up)

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1.

transitives Verb block

2.

intransitives Verb; mit sein become blocked

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v.

to block v.

to bung (up) v.

to constipate v.

to occlude v.

to ram up v.