v
(transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
v
(obsolete) To tie up so as to hinder from.
v
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
v
(transitive, physiology) To draw towards a center or a middle line.
n
(archaic) An opening; an aperture.
v
(transitive, intransitive) to conclude; to finalize; to put the finishing touches (on)
v
(transitive) To affect negatively or cause discord between (someone) and another person.
v
(transitive) To interrupt or impede.
n
A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
v
To extract, bring out, as concealed information; elicit; educe.
v
Alternative form of come to a close. [(idiomatic) To draw toward a conclusion; to end.]
n
The process of educing, or drawing out.
v
(intransitive) to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory
v
(transitive, law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
v
Obsolete form of emmove. [(obsolete, transitive) To move; to rouse or excite.]
v
To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; usually followed by on or upon.
v
(UK, law) To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
v
(transitive) To arrange fraudulent evidence to falsely implicate (a person) of a crime; to frame.
v
(intransitive) to obstruct, hinder, or interfere
v
(transitive, US) To generate, devise, or create.
v
(transitive) To put into a hamper.
v
(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
n
Archaic spelling of hindrance. [Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.]
n
(obsolete, regional) hindrance
n
Obsolete form of hindrance. [Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.]
v
(transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
n
(obsolete) A hindrance; that which impedes.
adj
(archaic) Causing hindrance; impeding.
v
Obsolete form of impede. [(transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.]
v
(intransitive) To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To interfere with.
v
(transitive, with “in”) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
v
(obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone.
v
Obsolete spelling of engage [To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.]
v
Pronunciation spelling of interrupt. [(transitive, intransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.]
v
(intransitive, archaic) To make advances or incursions.
v
(transitive, mathematics) To take or comprehend between.
n
An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
v
(transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
n
The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.
v
(transitive) To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.
v
(transitive) To force in.
v
(transitive) To move into.
n
Someone or something that involves.
v
(transitive) To concoct; think up.
v
(transitive) To deny (a person or organisation) the use of platforms (newspaper columns, speaking engagements, etc) to publish their opinions, etc.
v
To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
n
Someone who obstructs, agent noun of obstruct
n
(obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber.
v
(transitive) to distribute
adv
(archaic) Separate as to place.
v
(obsolete) To hinder or prevent.
v
(slang) To meddle; to interfere where one is unwelcome.
v
(US) To handle problems or remove obstacles for another person, especially for a person in authority
v
(typically with of) To impede the progress or achievement (of).
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To come out of hiding.
v
(obsolete) To involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.).
v
(transitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
v
(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To be positioned contrary to; be set against; oppose; hinder
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