■ verb
1》 ( ~ with ) prevent from continuing or being carried out properly.
↘get in the way of.
↘handle or adjust without permission.
↘ Law attempt to bribe or intimidate (a witness).
2》 intervene without invitation or necessity.
3》 ( ~ with ) Brit. euphemistic sexually molest.
4》 Physics interact to produce ~nce.
5》 (of a horse) knock one foot against the fetlock of another leg.
Derivatives
~r noun
interfering adjective
interferingly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. s'entreferir 'strike each other', from entre- 'between' + ferir (from L. ferire 'to strike').