hamper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hamper	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for hamper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hamper n a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) Synonym(s): shackle, bond, hamper, trammel a basket usually with a cover v prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" Synonym(s): hamper, halter, cramp, strangle put at a disadvantage; "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements" Synonym(s): handicap, hinder, hamper
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hamper \Ham"per\, n. [Contr. fr. hanaper.] A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hamper \Ham"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hampered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hampering}.] To put in a hamper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hamper \Ham"per\, v. t. [OE. hamperen, hampren, prob. of the same origin as E. hamble.] To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber. [bd]Hampered nerves.[b8] --Blackmore. A lion hampered in a net. --L'Estrange. They hamper and entangle our souls. --Tillotson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hamper \Ham"per\, n. [See {Hamper} to shackle.] 1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. --W. Browne. 2. (Naut.) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Top hamper} (Naut.), unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft.