hinder
1. hin.der \'hin-d*r\ \-d(*-)rin\ \-d*r-*r\ vb or hin.der.ing [ME hindren,
fr. OE hindrian; akin to OE hinder behind] 1: to make slow or difficult the
progress of : HAMPER 2: to hold back : CHECK : to delay, impede, or
prevent action sing harmful or annoying delay or interference with
progress; IMPEDE implies making forward progress difficult by clogging,
hampering, or fettering; OBSTRUCT implies interfering with something in
motion or in progress by the sometimes intentional placing of obstacles in
the way; BLOCK implies complete obstruction to passage or progress -
hin.der.er n SYN syn IMPEDE, OBSTRUCT, BLOCK: HINDER stresses cau
2. hind.er \'hi-n-d*r\ aj [ME, fr. OE hinder, adv.] : situated behind or in
the rear : POSTERIOR