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• hinder — vb Hinder, impede, obstruct, block, bar, dam all mean to put obstacles in the way of a person or thing or of his or its action. To hinder is to check or hold back someone or something in action or about to act, move, or start; the term usually… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• block — I verb arrest, avert, ban, bar, barricade, blockade, bridle, check, choke, clog, close, cohibit, constrict, cramp, curb, dam, debar, delay, encumber, estop, exclude, fend off, forbid, foreclose, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hobble, impede,… …   Law dictionary

• block — [bläk] n. [ME blokke < OFr bloc & MDu block < IE * bhlugo < base * bhel , a thick plank, beam > BALK, Gr phalanx, L fulcrum] 1. any large, solid piece of wood, stone, or metal, often with flat surfaces 2. a blocklike stand or platform …   English World dictionary

• Hinder — Hin der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hindered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hindering}.] [OE. hindren, hinderen, AS. hindrian, fr. hinder behind; akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG. hintar?n, Icel. & Sw. hindra, Dan. hindre. See {Hinder}, a.] 1. To keep back or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hinder — I verb annoy, arrest, barricade, be an impediment, be an obstacle, block, bother, check, clog, constrain, cramp, cripple, curb, detain, discommode, discourage, encumber, fetter, get in the way, halt, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hold back, impair …   Law dictionary

• hinder — hinder1 [hin′dər] vt. [ME hindren < OE hindrian, lit., to keep or hold back (akin to Ger hindern) < base of HINDER2] 1. to keep back; restrain; get in the way of; prevent; stop 2. to make difficult for; thwart; impede; frustrate vi. to… …   English World dictionary

• block — [n1] mass of material bar, brick, cake, chunk, cube, hunk, ingot, loaf, lump, oblong, piece, section, segment, slab, slice, solid, square; concepts 470,471 block [n2] obstruction bar, barrier, blank wall, blockage, chunk, clog, hindrance,… …   New thesaurus

• hinder — [v] prevent, slow down arrest, balk, bar, block, bottleneck, box in, burden, check, choke, clog, contravene, counteract, crab, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, deter, encumber, fetter, frustrate, get in the way*, hamper, hamstring*,… …   New thesaurus

• block up — index clog, encumber (hinder), estop, shut, stop Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• block — vb obstruct, bar, dam, impede, *hinder Analogous words: check, *arrest, interrupt: *hamper, clog, trammel: prohibit, *forbid, inhibit: *frustrate, thwart, foil: *prevent …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• block — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hindrance, blockage, obstruction; row, street, square (See abode); mass, lump, cube (See density). v. t. impede, check, stop, bar; thwart, foil. See closure, identity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A mass,… …   English dictionary for students