Definition of hinder

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Hinder (a.) To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.

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Hyndreste :: Hyndreste (a.) See Hinderest.
Obstruent :: Obstruent (a.) Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds..
Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate..
Clog :: Clog (v.) A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion..
Preventive :: Preventive (n.) That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic..
Letter :: Letter (n.) One who retards or hinders.
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..
Prohibit :: Prohibit (v. t.) To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood..
Hinder :: 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..
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power..
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..
Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.
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.
Forefend :: Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
Obscurant :: Obscurant (n.) One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom.
Icebound :: Icebound (a.) Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast..
Restraint :: Restraint (n.) The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental..
Clog :: Clog (v. t.) To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel..
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