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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. preventing movement;
- Example: "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street"
[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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impeding
    adj 1: preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers
           overflowing into the street" [syn: clogging,
           hindering, impeding, obstructive]