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hinder | imped |

As adjectives the difference between hinder and imped

is that hinder is of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows while imped is engrafted, eked, implanted; supplemented by imping.

As nouns the difference between hinder and imped

is that hinder is (slang|euphemistic) the buttocks while imped is a creature without feet.

As a verb hinder

is to make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle.

hinder

English

Alternative forms

* hindre (archaic)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) hindrian, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle.
    • A drought hinders the growth of plants.
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  • * 1599 , act ii, scene 2 (act i; First Folio ed.):
    • Since God ?o graciou?ly hath brought to light
    This dangerous Trea?on, lurking in our way,
    To hinder our beginnings.
  • To keep back; to delay or impede; to prevent.
  • * 1591 , act ii, scene 7 (First Folio ed.):
    • Then let me goe, and hinder not my cour?e
  • * John Locke
    • What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right?
  • (obsolete) To cause harm.
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "hinder")
    Synonyms
    * (to delay or impede movement) bar, block, delay, hamper, impede, obstruct, restrain, stop * (to make a task difficult) delay, frustrate, hamper, impede, obstruct, prevent, thwart * See also
    Antonyms
    * (to delay or impede movement) aid, assist, help * (to make a task difficult) assist, expedite, facilitate, help
    Derived terms
    * hinderment * hinderer * hindrance * unhindered

    Etymology 2

    (hind)

    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, ...
  • (hind)
    • Usage notes
    Most current uses of this adjective occur in anatomical contexts.
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "hinder")
    Synonyms
    * (of or belonging to that part in the rear) back, hind, rear, posterior
    Antonyms
    * (of or belonging to that part in the rear) fore, front
    Related terms
    * hind * hindermost * hindmost

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, euphemistic) 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 .
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "hinder")

    imped

    English

    Etymology 1

    Coined on Latinate roots (.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A creature without feet.
  • * 1861 : in:
  • * 1894 : The Reverend Richard Owen (’s grandson), The Life of Richard Owen , volume 2, page 119
    • Aristotle had divided the group into bipeds, quadrupeds and impeds .
    References
    * “ imped, n.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Engrafted, eked, implanted; supplemented by imping.
    • References
    * “ imped, ppl. a.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 English calques