Impede: alternatives and connections

To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

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A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually…

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See Barricade.

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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of th…

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To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

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That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

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To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

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A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.

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A bird.

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To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

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To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

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To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; as, interfering claims, or commands.

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A kind of frock for children.

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To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing;…

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To shut up; to close.

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To press again.

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Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

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The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- ca…

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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.

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Suffocated; choked.

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To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.

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Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

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To care; to desire.

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To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

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To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

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The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

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A kind of frock for children.

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To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing;…

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To shut up; to close.

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