Definition of hinder

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Hinder (a.) 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..

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Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.
Preventer :: Preventer (n.) One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease..
Postscutellum :: Postscutellum (n.) The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses..
Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
Deter :: Deter (v. t.) To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc..
Siphonet :: Siphonet (n.) One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under Aphis.
Backward :: Backward (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.
Stunt :: Stunt (v. t.) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant..
Forefend :: Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
Prevene :: Prevene (v. t. & i.) To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent..
Clog :: Clog (v. t.) To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel..
Blench :: Blench (v. t.) To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder..
Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river..
Impeach :: Impeach (v. t.) To hinder; to impede; to prevent.
Hindermost :: Hindermost (a.) Alt. of Hindmos.
Abligate :: Abligate (v. t.) To tie up so as to hinder from.
Bar :: Bar (n.) Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier..
Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
Prohibit :: Prohibit (v. t.) To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
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