impede

1 be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project" [syn: hinder]

2 block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct, obturate, occlude, jam, block, close up] [ant: free]

English

Etymology

• From Latin impedire, "to shackle", from pes, "foot".

Verb

1. to get in the way of; to hinder

Translations

• Finnish: haitata

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