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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Hyndreste :: Hyndreste (a.) See Hinderest.
Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.
Preventer :: Preventer (n.) One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease..
Lap :: Lap (n.) To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one..
Strangle :: Strangle (v. t.) To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
Obstructive :: Obstructive (a.) Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment.
Hindrance :: Hindrance (v. t.) The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered..
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..
Obstruent :: Obstruent (a.) Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine..
Obstructionist :: Obstructionist (n.) One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body..
Netting :: Netting (n.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding..
Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed..
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe..
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..
Let :: Let (v. t.) To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.
Deobstruct :: Deobstruct (v. t.) To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals..
Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..
Bar :: Bar (n.) Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier..
Impede :: Impede (v. t.) To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops..
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