IMPEDE
Dictionary entry overview: What does impede mean?
• IMPEDE (verb)
The verb IMPEDE has 2 senses:
1. be a hindrance or obstacle to
2. block passage through
Familiarity information: IMPEDE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• IMPEDE (verb)
Meaning:
Be a hindrance or obstacle to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
hinder; impede
Context example:
She is impeding the progress of our project
Hypernyms (to "impede" is one way to...):
keep; prevent (prevent from doing something or being in a certain state)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impede"):
block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude (block passage through)
interfere (come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle)
set back (slow down the progress of; hinder)
hobble (hamper the action or progress of)
stunt (check the growth or development of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Block passage through
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
obturate; occlude; close up; impede; obstruct; jam; block
Context example:
obstruct the path
Hypernyms (to "impede" is one way to...):
hinder; impede (be a hindrance or obstacle to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impede"):
block off; blockade (obstruct access to)
back up; choke; choke off; clog; clog up; congest; foul (become or cause to become obstructed)
bar; barricade; block; block off; block up; blockade; stop (render unsuitable for passage)
earth up; land up (block with earth, as after a landslide)
block out; screen (prevent from entering)
dam; dam up (obstruct with, or as if with, a dam)
tie up (restrain from moving or operating normally)
asphyxiate; choke; stifle; suffocate (impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of)
barricade (prevent access to by barricading)
barricade; barricado (block off with barricades)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
