HAMPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hamper mean? 

• HAMPER (noun)
  The noun HAMPER has 2 senses:

1. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

2. a basket usually with a cover

  Familiarity information: HAMPER used as a noun is rare.

• HAMPER (verb)
  The verb HAMPER has 2 senses:

1. prevent the progress or free movement of

2. put at a disadvantage

  Familiarity information: HAMPER used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAMPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bond; hamper; shackle; trammel

Hypernyms ("hamper" is a kind of...):

constraint; restraint (a device that retards something's motion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hamper"):

ball and chain (heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain)

fetter; hobble (a shackle for the ankles or feet)

cuff; handcuff; handlock; manacle (shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs)

chains; irons (metal shackles; for hands or legs)

Derivation:

hamper (prevent the progress or free movement of)

hamper (put at a disadvantage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A basket usually with a cover

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hamper" is a kind of...):

basket; handbasket (a container that is usually woven and has handles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hamper"):

clothes basket; clothes hamper; laundry basket; voider (a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried)

food hamper (a hamper for packing and transporting food)

• HAMPER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hamper    ... he / she / it hampers   
Past simple: hampered   
Past participle: hampered   
-ing form: hampering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prevent the progress or free movement of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

cramp; halter; hamper; strangle

Context example:

the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries

Hypernyms (to "hamper" is one way to...):

bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

hamper (a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put at a disadvantage

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

hamper; handicap; hinder

Context example:

The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements

Hypernyms (to "hamper" is one way to...):

disadvantage; disfavor; disfavour (put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

hamper (a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner))

 Context examples 

This leads to interference with translational initiation complex and misreading of mRNA, thereby hampering protein synthesis and resulting in bactericidal effect.

(Amikacin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to interference with translational initiation complex and , misreading of mRNA, thereby hampering protein synthesis and resulting in bactericidal effect.

(Amikacin, NCI Thesaurus)

Since the hearts of mice and other small animals are vastly different from the human organ, CAVD research has long been hampered by a lack of good animal models.

(New Hope for Stopping An Understudied Heart Disease in Its Tracks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Until now, efforts to inhibit this target have been hampered by the difficulty of finding something specific enough to do the job and not affect similar proteins.

(Depression, Obesity, Chronic Pain Could be Treated by Targeting the Same Key Protein, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientists say clinical trials of preventive drug candidates have been hampered by the difficulty of identifying participants who have Alzheimer’s brain changes but no cognitive problems.

(New Alzheimer’s Blood Test Could Detect Signs of Symptoms Decades Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This leads to interference with translational initiation complex, misreading of mRNA, thereby hampering protein synthesis and resulting in bactericidal effect.

(Bekanamycin, NCI Thesaurus)

I see Mrs. Barker doing up the lunch in a hamper and a great basket.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I would not be a hamper to you, my dear spouse and gallant friend.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This leads to interference with translational initiation complex and, misreading of mRNA, thereby hampering protein synthesis and resulting in bactericidal effect.

(Kanamycin, NCI Thesaurus)

Despite the potential of perovskites, some limitations have hampered their efficiency and consistency.

(Potassium gives perovskite-based solar cells an efficiency boost, University of Cambridge)