impede
21impede — im·pede || ɪm pɪËd v. delay, obstruct; hinder, thwart, prevent …
22impede — [ɪm pi:d] verb delay or block the progress or action of. Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as impediment): from L. impedire shackle the feet of , based on pes, ped foot …
23impede — v. a. Hinder, obstruct, stop, clog, check, retard, delay, interrupt, thwart, restrain, block, encumber …
24impede — verb (T) to prevent something from happening in the normal way, or make it happen more slowly: Storms at sea impeded our progress …
25impede — v obstruct, block, contravene, hinder, thwart, balk, inhibit, frustrate, foil, confound, bar; undermine, sabotage, spike, Inf. spike [s.o. s] guns, Inf. throw a spike in the wheels or a monkey wrench into the works; prevent, preclude, forestall,… …
26impede — im·pede …
27impede — verb Syn: hinder, obstruct, hamper, hold back/up, delay, interfere with, disrupt, retard, slow (down) Ant: facilitate …
28impede — [ɪmˈpiːd] verb [T] formal to make it more difficult for someone to do something or for something to happen …
29impede — im•pede [[t]ɪmˈpid[/t]] v. t. ped•ed, ped•ing to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L impedīre to entangle, lit., to snare the feet =im im +pedīre, v. der. of pēs foot …
30impede — /ɪmˈpid / (say im peed) verb (t) (impeded, impeding) to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder. {Latin impedīre entangle, hamper (originally, as to the feet), from im in + pedes feet} –impeder, noun …
