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Hinder   /hˈɪndər/   Listen
verb
Hinder  v. t.  (past & past part. hindered; pres. part. hindering)  
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." "I hinder you too long."
2.
To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out. "What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right?"
Synonyms: To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass.



Hinder  v. i.  To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance. "This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some commander... may be written."



adjective
Hind  adj.  (compar. hinder; superl. hindmost, or hindermost)  In the rear; opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.



Hinder  adj.  Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse. "He was in the hinder part of the ship."






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"Hinder" Quotes from Famous Books



... with books, that the meal times and the other arrangements of the household are such as to help forward the child's studies. There are a hundred things which the father and mother can do to help or to hinder the work of the school. A child, whose parents give proper home supervision over his studies, will, other things being equal, make twice the progress of one whose parents give the matter no attention. The community, therefore, in establishing common schools, does by no means ...
— In the School-Room - Chapters in the Philosophy of Education • John S. Hart

... eagles rushed upon the carcase. The ports of arrival looked like Bartholomew Fair, said an eye-witness. The Council ordered the search of all trunks and bundles conveyed from Plymouth or Dartmouth. It sent Robert Cecil post-haste to hinder more plundering. Sir John Hawkins, next chief adventurer after Ralegh, had written already to Burleigh to say that for the partition of the spoil 'Sir Walter Ralegh is the especial man. I see none of so ready a disposition to lay the ground how her Majesty's portion may be increased as he is, ...
— Sir Walter Ralegh - A Biography • William Stebbing

... it," his master said, "but how do these folks hinder you?" For Morano was scowling at them over his shoulder in a way that was somehow spoiling the gladness ...
— Don Rodriguez - Chronicles of Shadow Valley • Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, Dunsany

... been a traveller long, And seen the conditions of all; I see how each other they wrong, And the weakest still goes to the wall. And here I'll begin to relate The crosse condition of those That hinder our happy fate, And now are turned our foes. Here's a health to the figure of TWO, To the rest of the issue renown'd; We'll bid all our sorrows adieu, When the figure ...
— Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 • Charles Mackay

... sakes, said she, that is another thing: let coffee, or tea, or chocolate, or what you will, be got: and put down a chicken to my account every day, if you please, and eat it yourselves. I will taste it, if I can. I would do nothing to hinder you. I have friends will pay you liberally, when they know I ...
— Clarissa, Volume 7 • Samuel Richardson


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