Definition of hinder

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Hinder (v. i.) To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.

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Inconvenient :: Inconvenient (a.) Not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time..
Drawbridge :: Drawbridge (n.) A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal..
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..
Cramp :: Cramp (v. t.) To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.
Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation..
Back :: Back (n.) The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney..
Stern :: Stern (v. t.) The hinder part of anything.
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..
Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out..
Gag :: Gag (n.) Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.
Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede..
Detention :: Detention (n.) The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
Impediment :: Impediment (n.) That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect..
Preventingly :: Preventingly (adv.) So as to prevent or hinder.
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth..
Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
Hindrance :: Hindrance (v. t.) The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered..
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..
Disappoint :: Disappoint (v. t.) To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
Let :: Let (v. t.) To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.
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