1.
[syn: clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Impede \Im*pede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Impeding.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet;
pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf.
Impeach.]
To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede
the advance of troops.
[1913 Webster]
Whatever hinders or impedes
The action of the nobler will. --Logfellow.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
impeding
adj 1: preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers
overflowing into the street" [syn: clogging,
hindering, impeding, obstructive]