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US
/ˈhɪndɝ/
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VERB
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be a hindrance or obstacle to
She is impeding the progress of our project -
put at a disadvantage
The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements -
hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
His brother blocked him at every turn
ADJECTIVE
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located at or near the back of an animal
back (or hind) legs
the hinder part of a carcass
How To Use hinder In A Sentence
- The crews found a makeshift stairwell between the first and second floor that further hindered rescue efforts. Times, Sunday Times
- At school his academic progress was hindered by a series of health problems.
- Any record company that believes illicit song file distribution hinders their ability to sell music is deceiving itself - how else will anyone find out about the gazillion CDs that are out there?
- It seems they made a dreadful charivari at the village boundary, threw a quantity of spell-bearing objects over the border, a buffalo's skull and other things; then branded a chamur -- what you would call a currier -- on his hinder parts and drove him and a number of pigs over into Jelbo's village. Under the Deodars
- It is a scourge to a sinful land; as once it was for the destruction of the whole world, so it is now often for the correction or discipline of some parts of it, by hindering seedness and harvest, raising the waters, and damaging the fruits. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
- Imbros, and Lemnos, but the four which were hindermost were caught off Elaeus. The History of the Peloponnesian War
- Poor internet speeds hold businesses back and hinder social mobility. Times, Sunday Times
- In the middle line is the posterior part of the sagittal suture connecting the parietal bones; extending downward and lateralward from the hinder end of the sagittal suture is the deeply serrated lambdoidal suture joining the parietals to the occipital and continuous below with the parietomastoid and occipitomastoid sutures; it frequently contains one or more sutural bones. II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull
- Work today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow.
- But their growth spurt across the pond has been hindered by a glaringly obvious gap in their motorcycle range. The Sun