'Impede' definitions:
Definition of 'impede'
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Definition of 'Impede'
From: GCIDE
- Impede \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. [1913 Webster]
- Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. --Logfellow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impede'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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