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Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.

Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed..

Hopple :: Hopple (v. t.) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse..

Impedible :: Impedible (a.) Capable of being impeded or hindered.

Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede..

Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.

Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator..

Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open..

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. t.) To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper..

Impeded :: Impeded (imp. & p. p.) of Imped.

Difficult :: Difficult (v. t.) To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.

Disencumber :: Disencumber (v. t.) To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden..

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..

Impeach :: Impeach (v. t.) To hinder; to impede; to prevent.

Bottom :: Bottom (v. i.) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder..

Trammel :: Trammel (n.) Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle..

Tongue-tie :: Tongue-tie (n.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums..

Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded..

Impede :: Impede (v. t.) To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops..

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