[
UK
/ɪmpˈiːdɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˌɪmˈpidɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪmˈpidɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
preventing movement
the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street
How To Use impeding In A Sentence
- It is patent that dusk found them weary and worn, plodding and wading silently "homewards," shovel on shoulder, across four or five kilos of desolate mud; falling and tripping over stagnant bodies, masses of tangled wire, bricks and jagged wood-work everywhere impeding progress. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
- Bush didn't use this power because he had no interest in impeding the BPP, which was infamous for rubber-stamping executions. The Texas Clemency Memos
- High salinity is one of the most important environmental stresses impeding crop growth.
- They have rattled the narcos, impeding some trafficking routes and increasing weapons seizures.
- The bollards at each end have been successful in keeping out vehicles, without impeding the passage of bicycles, prams etc.
- Under certain circumstances this can be termed impeding-see RCW 46.61.425. The Bellingham Herald: Sports News
- Fallen rock is impeding the progress of rescue workers.
- They probably also had elevated jugular venous pressure from impeding of venous return, which would cause an elevated intracranial pressure.
- As I tried to enter the concourse, a slow person was impeding my progress.
- After several unsuccessful attempts he is kicked out of his therapy group for impeding the progress of his fellow oddballs.