1. Be a hindrance or obstacle to
   "She is impeding the progress of our project"
   - hinder 
2. Block passage through
   - obstruct, obturate, occlude, jam, block, close up

Derived forms: impeded, impedes, impeding

See also: impediment

Type of: keep, prevent

• implosive
• impluvium
• imply
• impolite
• impolitely
• impoliteness
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• imponderable
• import
• import barrier
• import credit
• import duty
• importable
• importance
• important
• important person
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• importantly
• importation
• imported
• importee
• importer
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• importunate
• importunately