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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner);
[syn: shackle, bond, hamper, trammel]

2. a basket usually with a cover;


VERB (2)

1. prevent the progress or free movement of;
- Example: "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"
- Example: "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
[syn: hamper, halter, cramp, strangle]

2. put at a disadvantage;
- Example: "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements"
[syn: handicap, hinder, hamper]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hamper \Ham"per\, n. [See Hamper to shackle.]
   1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. --W. Browne.
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   2. (Naut.) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way
      at certain times. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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   Top hamper (Naut.), unnecessary spars and rigging kept
      aloft.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hamper \Ham"per\ (h[a^]m"p[~e]r), n. [Contr. fr. hanaper.]
   A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing
   and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes
   hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hamper \Ham"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hampered (-p[~e]rd); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Hampering.]
   To put in a hamper.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hamper \Ham"per\, v. t. [OE. hamperen, hampren, prob. of the
   same origin as E. hamble.]
   To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to
   inveigle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or
   progress; to embarrass; to encumber. "Hampered nerves."
   --Blackmore.
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         A lion hampered in a net.                --L'Estrange.
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         They hamper and entangle our souls.      --Tillotson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hamper
    n 1: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially
         something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn:
         shackle, bond, hamper, trammel]
    2: a basket usually with a cover
    v 1: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered
         in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation
         wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small
         countries" [syn: hamper, halter, cramp, strangle]
    2: put at a disadvantage; "The brace I have to wear is hindering
       my movements" [syn: handicap, hinder, hamper]