Meaning of IMPEDE
| Pronunciation: | | im'peed
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- [v] block passage through; "obstruct the path"
- [v] be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"
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| | Synonyms: | | block, close up, hinder, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude |
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| | Antonyms: | | disengage, free | | |
| | See Also: | | asphyxiate, back up, bar, barricade, barricado, block, block off, block out, block up, blockade, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, close up, congest, dam, dam up, earth up, foul, hinder, hobble, impede, impede, interfere, jam, keep, land up, obstruct, obturate, occlude, prevent, screen, set back, stunt, suffocate, tie up | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*pede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Impeding}.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet;
pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf.
{Impeach}.]
To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede
the advance of troops.
Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler
will. --Logfellow.
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| | Related Terms: | | arrest, backpedal, backwater, bar, block, bottle up, brake, burden, check, clip the wings, confine, confound, countercheck, cramp, cripple, cumber, curb, dam, dam up, damp, dampen, decelerate, delay, detain, discomfit, disconcert, drag, draw rein, ease off, ease up, embarrass, encumber, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, faze, fetter, foil, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold in check, hold up, inhibit, intercept, interfere, intermeddle, interrupt, intervene, involve, keep back, keep in check, lag, lame, let down, let up, lime, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, lumber, make late, meddle, moderate, net, obstruct, oppose, press down, rattle, reef, rein in, relax, repress, resist, restrain, retard, saddle with, scotch, set back, shackle, slack off, slack up, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, snarl, snub, spike, stay, stop, suppress, take in sail, tangle, throttle down, thwart, toil, trammel, weigh down |
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