hindering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hindering	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hindering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hindering adj preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street" Synonym(s): clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hinder \Hin"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hindered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hindering}.] [OE. hindren, hinderen, AS. hindrian, fr. hinder behind; akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG. hintar[?]n, Icel. & Sw. hindra, Dan. hindre. See {Hinder}, a.] 1. 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. Them that were entering in ye hindered. --Luke xi. 52. I hinder you too long. --Shak. 2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out. What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right? --Locke. Syn: To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass.