'Hindering' definitions:
Definition of 'hindering'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street" [syn: clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive]
Definition of 'Hindering'
From: GCIDE
- Hinder \Hin"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hindered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hindering.] [OE. hindren, hinderen, AS. hindrian, fr. hinder behind; akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG. hintar?n, Icel. & Sw. hindra, Dan. hindre. See Hinder, a.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Them that were entering in ye hindered. --Luke xi. 52. [1913 Webster]
- I hinder you too long. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out. [1913 Webster]
- What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right? --Locke.
- Syn: To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass. [1913 Webster]