or use Advanced Search
if you are searching for a compound word, note that it might appear in any of three ways, reflecting varied editorial practice: spaced ('house keeper'), solid ('housekeeper'), or hyphenated ('house-keeper')

Search results

Search phrase: obstruct

Plays

 6 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC III.vi.61Being an obstruct 'tween his lust and him.Being an abstract 'tweene his Lust, and him.
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.i.65And purge th' obstructions which begin to stopAnd purge th' obstructions, which begin to stop
Measure for MeasureMM III.i.122To lie in cold obstruction and to rot;To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot,
Twelfth NightTN II.v.116obstruction in this. And the end: what should that alphabeticalobstruction in this, and the end: What should that Alphabeticall
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.20some obstruction in the blood, this cross-gartering – butsome obstruction in the blood: / This crosse-gartering, but
Twelfth NightTN IV.ii.39obstruction!obstruction?

Poems

 0 result(s).

Glossary

 17 result(s).
ailprevent, obstruct, stop
barprevent, obstruct, block
barobstruction, barrier, obstacle
clearlywithout interference, unobstructedly
clogimpede, hinder, obstruct [progress]
fairfavourable, unobstructed, clear
freeopen, unobstructed, unimpeded
hamperimpede, obstruct, fetter
impedimentobstruction, hindrance, obstacle
interruptionresistance, hindrance, obstruction
obstruct[debated meaning] obstruction, impediment, hindrance
obstructiondeathly state, rigor mortis
obstructionobstacle, difficulty, hindrance
pesterobstructing, crowding, clogging
stopobstruction, obstacle, hindrance
stopblock, hinder, impede, obstruct
stuffedclogged, obstructed, oppressed

Thesaurus

 15 result(s).
obstructail
obstructbar
obstructstop
obstructhamper
obstructclog
obstructedstuffed
obstructingpester
obstructionobstruct
obstructionbar
obstructionimpediment
obstructioninterruption
obstructionstop
unobstructedfree
unobstructedfair
unobstructedlyclearly

Themes and Topics

 0 result(s).

Words Families

 2 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
OBSTRUCTIONBASICobstruct n, obstruction n

Snippets

 0 result(s).
x

Jump directly to