Impede

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  • transitive verb. To retard or obstruct the progress of. synonym: hinder.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To be an obstacle to; stand in the way of; hinder; obstruct.
  • Synonyms To clog, retard, delay, check, fetter, hamper.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to get in the way of; to hinder
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be a hindrance or obstacle to
  • verb. block passage through
    • Word Usage
    "All through the social mass run curious veins and streakings separating man from man and woman from woman; mysterious prerogatives and disabilities too ethereal to be distinguished by anything so crude as a title impede and disorder the great business of human intercourse."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    assist  expedite  help  
    Form
    impeded  impeding  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aristide  Bede  Ede  Gilead  Mead  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    arrest  backpedal  backwater  bar  block  
    verb-form
    impeded  impedes  impeding  
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