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/hˈɪndərɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Hinder v. t. (past & past part. hindered; pres. part. hindering)

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."

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."

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Etymology of 'Hindering'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hindering" Quotes from Famous Books

... made. E. suggests inquirenti, agreeing with Germanico. But T., unlike the earlier Latin authors, not unfrequently places an infin. after a verb of hindering. ...

— Germania and Agricola • Caius Cornelius Tacitus

... Belgium, the United States of America, England, none of whom have an Ecole Polytechnique, will be honeycombed with railroads when French engineers are still surveying ours, and selfish interests, hidden behind all projects, are hindering ...

— The Village Rector • Honore de Balzac

... everything to learn, and a great many faults to overcome, but I am trying to get on as fast as may be. I can't be too glad that I have spent my childhood in a way that has helped me to use my gift instead of hindering it. But everything helps a young man to follow his bent; he has an honored place in society, and just because he is a student of one of the learned professions, he ranks above the men who follow other pursuits. I don't see why it should be a shame and dishonor to a girl who is trying ...

— A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches • Sarah Orne Jewett

... to shape the crowd they're getting now," Roger had said, "so that we won't be hindering them if we hang back for a while. I should have thought you'd want to go into ...

— Changing Winds - A Novel • St. John G. Ervine

... that's hindering your Honour? sure and I'll walk wid ye to the world's end and talk all the same. Och, and it's the bad times that have come upon us all entirely — and the ould settlers feels it the most, as is likely. Faith and ...

— The Bushman - Life in a New Country • Edward Wilson Landor

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