Definition of hinder

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Hinder (a.) 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..

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Back :: Back (n.) In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster..
Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..
Obstruct :: Obstruct (v. t.) To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard; as, the bar in the harbor obstructs the passage of ships; clouds obstruct the light of the sun; unwise rules obstruct legislation..
Hinderest :: Hinderest (a.) Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a..
Hindering :: Hindering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hinde.
Hinder :: Hinder (v. i.) To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.
Forbid :: Forbid (v. i.) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.
Strangle :: Strangle (v. t.) To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
Delay :: Delay (n.) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow..
Letter :: Letter (n.) One who retards or hinders.
Cumbersome :: Cumbersome (a.) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous..
Deter :: Deter (v. t.) To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc..
Foreslow :: Foreslow (v. t.) To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. t..
Impedimental :: Impedimental (a.) Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses..
Debar :: Debar (v. t.) To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of..
Preventable :: Preventable (a.) Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases..
Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
Siphonet :: Siphonet (n.) One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under Aphis.
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power..
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