English-Thai Dictionary

impede

VT กีดขวาง  กั้น ขวาง  ขัดขวาง  ขวาง  hamper hinder obstruct kid-kwang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPEDE

v.t.[L. impedio; supposed to be compounded of in and pedes, feet, to catch or entangle the feet. ] To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the progress of troops.

 

IMPEDED

pp. Hindered; stopped; obstructed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPEDE

Im *pede ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeding. ]Etym: [L. impedire, lit. , to entangle the feet; pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach. ]

 

Defn: To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops. Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. Logfellow.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

impede

im pede |imˈpēd ɪmˈpid | ▶verb [ with obj. ] delay or prevent (someone or something ) by obstructing them; hinder: the sap causes swelling that can impede breathing. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin impedire ‘shackle the feet of, ’ based on pes, ped- ‘foot. ’ Compare with impeach .

 

Oxford Dictionary

impede

impede |ɪmˈpiːd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] delay or prevent (someone or something ) by obstructing them; hinder: the sap causes swelling which can impede breathing. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin impedire ‘shackle the feet of ’, based on pes, ped- ‘foot ’. Compare with impeach .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

impede

impede verb your efforts to impede our progress will be unsuccessful: hinder, obstruct, hamper, hold back /up, delay, interfere with, disrupt, retard, slow (down ), hobble, cripple; block, check, stop, scupper, scuttle, thwart, frustrate, balk, foil, derail; informal stymie, throw a (monkey ) wrench in the works of; dated cumber. ANTONYMS facilitate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

impede

impede verb the programme has been impeded by several problems: hinder, obstruct, hamper, handicap, hold back, hold up, delay, interfere with, disrupt, retard, slow, slow down, brake, put a brake on, restrain, fetter, shackle, hamstring, cramp, cripple; block, check, bar, curb, stop, thwart, frustrate, baulk, foil, derail, stand in the way of; informal stymie, foul up, screw up; Brit. informal scupper, throw a spanner in the works of; N. Amer. informal bork, throw a monkey wrench in the works of; rare cumber. ANTONYMS facilitate. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD impede, obstruct, hinder, hamper See hinder . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

impede

im pede /ɪmpíːd /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠…を妨げる, 妨害 [じゃま ]する (→prevent ).im p é d er 名詞