About The Word Impede

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Impede

Impede Meaning & Definition
Impede Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Impede?

[v] block passage through; "obstruct the path"
[v] be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Impede: block | close up | hinder | jam | obstruct | obturate | occlude

Related Terms | Find terms related to Impede: arrest | backpedal | backwater | bar | block | bottle up | brake | burden | check | clip the wings | confine | confound | countercheck | cramp | cripple | cumber | curb | dam | dam up | damp | dampen | decelerate | delay | detain | discomfit | disconcert | drag | draw rein | ease off | ease up | embarrass | encumber | enmesh | ensnarl | entangle | entoil | entrammel | entrap | entwine | faze | fetter | foil | hamper | hamstring | handicap | hinder | hobble | hold back | hold in check | hold up | inhibit | intercept | interfere | intermeddle | interrupt | intervene | involve | keep back | keep in check | lag | lame | let down | let up | lime | lose ground | lose momentum | lose speed | lumber | make late | meddle | moderate | net | obstruct | oppose | press down | rattle | reef | rein in | relax | repress | resist | restrain | retard | saddle with | scotch | set back | shackle | slack off | slack up | slacken | slow | slow down | slow up | snarl | snub | spike | stay | stop | suppress | take in sail | tangle | throttle down | thwart | toil | trammel | weigh down

See Also | asphyxiate | back up | bar | barricade | barricado | block | block off | block out | block up | blockade | choke | choke off | clog | clog up | close up | congest | dam | dam up | earth up | foul | hinder | hobble | impede | impede | interfere | jam | keep | land up | obstruct | obturate | occlude | prevent | screen | set back | stunt | suffocate | tie up

Impede In Webster's Dictionary

\Im*pede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impeding}.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Impeach}.] To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops. Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. --Logfellow.

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