Definition of impede Impede
/ɪmpiˈd/ - [impeed] - im•pede
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| impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project" | ||
| hinder | ||
| prevent, keep stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" | ||
| obturate, occlude, impede, obstruct, close up, jam, block be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project" | ||
| inhibit limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" | ||
| interfere come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle; "Your talking interferes with my work!" | ||
| set back slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back" | ||
| hobble hamper the action or progress of; "The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean" | ||
| stunt perform a stunt or stunts | ||
| impede - block passage through; "obstruct the path" | ||
| obstruct, obturate, occlude, jam, block, close up | ||
| disengage, free become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage" | ||
| impede, hinder be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project" | ||
| block off, blockade impose a blockade on | ||
| barricado, barricade block off with barricades | ||
| barricade block off with barricades | ||
| asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, choke smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" | ||
| tie up finish the last row | ||
| dam, dam up obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River" | ||
| block out, screen plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general | ||
| earth up, land up block with earth, as after a landslide | ||
| block up, barricade, block off, bar, blockade, stop, block block off with barricades | ||
| clog up, congest, choke off, back up, clog, foul, choke suppress; "He choked down his rage" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- impede (Verb)
To get in the way of; to hinder.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- impede (v. t.)
To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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impede
To render passage impossible by physical obstruction.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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impede
im-pēd′, v.t. to hinder or obstruct.—n. Impē′dance, hinderance, esp. in electricity an apparent increase of resistance due to induction in a circuit.—adj. Imped′ible, capable of being impeded.—n. Imped′iment, that which impedes: hinderance: a defect preventing fluent speech.—n.pl. Impediment′a, military baggage, baggage generally.—adjs. Impedimen′tal, Imped′itive, causing hinderance. [L. impedīre—in, in, pes, pedis, a foot.]
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🔤- impede, verb, present, 1st person singular of impede (infinitive).
- impede, verb (infinitive).
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