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IMPEDING
clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive
(adjective) preventing movement; “the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
impeding
present participle of impede
Anagrams
• impinged
Source: Wiktionary
IMPEDE
Im*pede", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeding.] Etym: [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach.]
Definition: To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops. Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. Logfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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