Hinder Definition

hĭndər

hindered, hindering, hinders

verb

hindered, hindering, hinders

To delay action; be a hindrance.

Webster's New World

To keep back; restrain; get in the way of; prevent; stop.

Webster's New World

To interfere with action or progress.

American Heritage

To make difficult for; thwart; impede; frustrate.

Webster's New World

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adjective

Hind; rear; posterior.

Webster's New World

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noun

(slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.

Wiktionary

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Origin of Hinder

From Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną (“to put back”), from *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English hindren from Old English hindrian ko- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
comparative form of hind: more hind

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