IMPEDE

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 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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they impede    ... he / she / it impedes   
Past simple: impeded   
Past participle: impeded   
-ing form: impeding   

Sense 1

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 (stop (someone or something) 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)

inhibit (limit, block, or decrease the action or function of)

repress (impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of)

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

Derivation:

impediment (something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Block passage through

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude

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"):

barricade; barricado (block off with barricades)

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)

block off; blockade (obstruct access to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

impediment (any structure that makes progress difficult)

 Context examples 

As to there being any quantity of snow fallen or likely to fall to impede their return, that was a mere joke; he was afraid they would find no difficulty.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Upon administration, ONO-4059 covalently binds to BTK within B cells, thereby preventing B cell receptor signaling and impeding B cell development.

(BTK Inhibitor ONO-4059, NCI Thesaurus)

A structure or object that impedes free movement.

(Barrier Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Aranotin inhibits viral RNA synthesis by impeding the activity of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.

(Aranotin, NCI Thesaurus)

Apoptosis Regulation Genes encode Apoptosis Regulator proteins, which either promote or impede the initiation, progress, or rate of apoptosis.

(Apoptosis Regulation Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Found only in the cytosol, TP53BP2 impedes cell cycle progression beyond G2/M.

(Apoptosis-Stimulating of p53 Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

As a result bacterial protein synthesis is blocked and impede bacterial cell proliferation.

(Chloramphenicol, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic fibrous net that impedes passage of intestinal contents through the colon.

(Colonic Web, NCI Thesaurus)

DACH-Pt alkylates macromolecules and causes both inter- and intra-strand platinum-DNA crosslinks, which impede DNA replication and transcription, thereby resulting in cell-cycle independent cytotoxicity.

(DACH Polymer Platinate AP5346, NCI Thesaurus)

A capsule covered with a substance that is designed to impede the immediate release of the active and/or inert ingredient(s) after administration.

(Delayed Release Capsule Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)