[hin.der] vb hin.dered ; hin.der.ing [ME hindren, fr. OE hindrian; akin to OE hinder behind] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to make slow or difficult the progress of: hamper
2: to hold back: check ~ vi: to delay, impede, or prevent action -- hin.der.er n syn hinder, impede, obstruct, block mean to interfere with the activity or progress of. hinder stresses causing harmful or annoying delay or interference with progress "rain hindered the climb". impede implies making forward progress difficult by clogging, hampering, or fettering "tight clothing that impedes movement". obstruct implies interfering with something in motion or in progress by the sometimes intentional placing of obstacles in the way "the view was obstructed by billboards". block implies complete obstruction to passage or progress "a landslide blocked the road".
[2]hind.er adj [ME, fr. OE hinder, adv.] (13c): situated behind or in the rear: posterior