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verb

(1) Put at a disadvantage

"The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements"

(2) Be a hindrance or obstacle to

"She is impeding the progress of our project"

(3) Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

"His brother blocked him at every turn"

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Etymology 1

From , from , from (adverb). Cognate with German .

Verb

To keep back; to delay or impede.
- 1591 - William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona act ii, scene 7 (First Folio ed.)
  
  Then let me goe, and hinder not my courſe
To make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle.
- 1599 - William Shakespeare, Henry V act ii, scene 2 (act i; First Folio ed.)
  
  Since God ſo graciouſly hath brought to light
  This dangerous Treaſon, lurking in our way,
  To hinder our beginnings.
To cause harm.

Synonyms

bar, block, delay, hamper, impede, obstruct, restrain, stop delay, frustrate, hamper, impede, obstruct, prevent, thwart

Adjective

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.

the hinder end of a wagon

the hinder parts of a horse
- 1990 - C. W. H. Havard (ed.), Black's Medical Dictionary, 36th edition, p 673
  
  On a line dividing the front two-thirds from the hinder one-third, and set in the shape of a V, is a row of seven to twelve large flat-topped circumvallate papillae, ...

Noun

The buttocks.
- 1997, Richard Laliberte and Stephen C. George, The Men's Health Guide to Peak Conditioning ^{http://books.google.com/books?id=2MOrDKokat8C}, ISBN 0875963234, page 195:
  
  Like martial arts, in-line skating is predicated on the notion that sooner or later you're going to end up on your hinder.

Etymology 1

From from from .

Noun

hindrance, obstacle, impediment, obstruction
- være til hinder
  
  to be in the way
- Der er intet til hinder for at ...
  
  There is nothing in the way (no obstacle against it), to ...

Verb

First person singular and imperative of hinderen

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Noun

hinder

obstacle, impediment, obstruction

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