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Hinder
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- 1 Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows. not-comparable
"the hinder end of a wagon"
- 2 comparative form of hind: more hind comparative, form-of
- 1 located at or near the back of an animal wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 1 The buttocks. euphemistic, slang
"Like martial arts, in-line skating is predicated on the notion that sooner or later you're going to end up on your hinder."
- 1 To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate. transitive
"A drought hinders the growth of plants."
- 2 put at a disadvantage wordnet
- 3 To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent. ambitransitive
"She hindered a man from committing suicide."
- 4 be a hindrance or obstacle to wordnet
- 5 To cause harm. obsolete, transitive
"If me and a certain character met, the guy that invented the cigarette, I'd murder that son of a gun in the first degree. Now it ain't 'cause that I don't smoke myself and I don't reckon they hinder your health. I've smoked them all my life and I ain't dead yet."
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- 6 hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną, *hinderōną (“to hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).
Inherited from Middle English hinder, comparative form of hind: more hind.
Inherited from Middle English hinder, comparative form of hind: more hind.
Inherited from Middle English hinder, comparative form of hind: more hind.
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