Definition of Hindering

1. Adjective. Preventing movement. "The clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street"

Exact synonyms: Clogging, Impeding, Obstructive
Similar to: Preventative, Preventive
Derivative terms: Obstruct

Definition of Hindering

1. Verb. (present participle of hinder) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hindering

1. hinder [v] - See also: hinder

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindering

hindberry
hindbrain
hindbrain vesicle
hindbrains
hindcast
hindcasts
hinder
hinder(a)
hinderance
hinderances
hindered
hinderer
hinderers
hinderest
hindereth
hindering
hinderingly
hinderling
hinderlings
hinderment
hindermost
hinders
hindfeet
hindfoot
hindgut
hindguts
hindhead
hindheads
hindleg
hindlegs

Literary usage of Hindering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Discourse Concerning the Divine Providence by William Sherlock (1851)
"First, then, I suppose I may take it for granted, that the justice of providence does not consist in hindering all acts of injustice and violence. ..."

2. Latin Composition by Bernard Melzar Allen, John Lewis Phillips (1909)
"Negative expressions of Hindering, Restraining, and Doubting are followed ... Verbs of Hindering and Restraining, if positive, are regularly followed by ne ..."

3. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1897)
"As hindering voters at an election is a misdemeanor only, it is permissible to join in the same count charges for hindering and conspiring to hinder at the ..."

4. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Horace Smith, Alfred Percival Perceval Keep (1896)
"1, persons hindering the exportation of corn by violence may be dealt with summarily by two justices of the peace, (a) By sec. 2, ' if any person or persons ..."

5. A History of the United States by William Coligny Doub (1906)
"Conditions Hindering Discoveries and Explorations.— While the great mass of the people of Europe at the time the New World was discovered were not so ..."

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