Definition of Impeding

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

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

Definition of Impeding

1. Verb. (present participle of impede) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Impeding

1. impede [v] - See also: impede

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impeding

impedance
impedance angle
impedance method
impedance plethysmography
impedances
impede
impeded
impeder
impeders
impedes
impedible
impediment
impedimenta
impedimental
impediments
impeding (current term)
impedingly
impedition
impeditions
impeditive
impedivity
impeed
impeeded
impeeding
impeeds
impeke
impel
impelled
impellent
impellents

Literary usage of Impeding

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

1. Dynamics of Rotation: An Elementary Introduction to Rigid Dynamics by Arthur Mason Worthington (1892)
"135) will show that the effect either of impeding or hurrying is at once accounted for in this way. The Rising of a Spinning Top.—We have already (p. ..."

2. Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Condition by Luke Potter Poland, John Scott (1872)
"... all persons within such State the protection of the laws, or shall conspire together for the purpose of in any manner impeding, hindering, obstructing, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The foreign trade is almost solely confined to the Austrian dominions,—the lack of a port on the Adriatic greatly impeding the intercourse by sea. ..."

4. Preachers and Preaching by Nicholas Murray (1860)
"impeding causes. Important questions. ... X. Causes impeding ministerial Usefulness.—Apostolic Success.—Why the slow Progress of the Gospel? ..."

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