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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hinder \hin"der\, v. t. imp. p. p. hindered; p. pr. vb.
n. hindering. oe. hindren, hinderen, as. hindrian, fr.
hinder behind; akin to d. hinderen, g. hindern, ohg.
hintar?n, icel. sw. hindra, dan. hindre. see hinder, a.
1. to keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving
forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a
full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident
hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants;
to hinder me from going.
1913 webster
them that were entering in ye hindered. --luke xi.
52.
1913 webster
i hinder you too long. --shak.
1913 webster
2. to prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
1913 webster
what hinders younger brothers, being fathers of
families, from having the same right? --locke.
syn: to check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent;
stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct;
debar; embarrass.
1913 webster
see also:
hindered hindering hinder
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
hindering
adj : preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers
overflowing into the street" syn: clogging, impeding,
obstructive
see also:
clogging impeding obstructive
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