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INTERFERING
interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied
(adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; “an interfering old woman”; “bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself”; “busy about other people’s business”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
interfering
present participle of interfere
Noun
interfering (plural interferings)
interference
Anagrams
• interfinger, interfringe
Source: Wiktionary
INTERFERE
In`ter*fere", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Interfered; p. pr. & vb. n. Interfering.] Etym: [OF. entreferir to strike each other; entre between (L. inter) + OF. ferir to strike, F. férir, fr. L. ferire. See Ferula.]
1. To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; as, interfering claims, or commands.
2. To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose. To interfere with party disputes. Swift. There was no room for anyone to interfere with his own opinions. Bp. Warburton.
3. To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; -- sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.
4. (Physics)
Definition: To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; -- said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference, 2.
5. (Patent Law)
Definition: To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention.
Syn.
– To interpose; intermeddle. See Interpose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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