behindern — meaning in English

English meaning

• balk noun A strip of land left unploughed between fields.
• constrain verb To make someone do something, using physical force, strong pressure or persuasion.
• contrary adjective Completely opposite in nature or direction.
• disable verb To take away someone's ability to do something, especially by injuring them.
• encumber verb To weigh something down with a heavy load.
• hamper noun A large basket with a lid, used to carry or store items such as laundry or food.
• hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
• impede verb To slow down or get in the way of progress.
• obstruct verb To block a path or passage so that things can't get through.
• restrain verb To hold back or keep someone or something under control.
• trammel noun Anything that holds someone back or restricts their freedom or progress.

Senses

behindern is used for these senses in English:

• constrain (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
• contrary (obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
• disable (chiefly, of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
• encumber (transitive) To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.
• get in the way (intransitive) to obstruct, hinder, or interfere
• hamper To impede in motion or progress.
• hinder (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
• hinder (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.

balk — full definition

1. noun A strip of land left unploughed between fields.
2. noun The wall of soil left standing at the side of a dig.
3. noun A large squared piece of timber used as a beam in building, for example to hold up a loft.
4. noun Something that stops or disappoints someone; an obstacle.

constrain — full definition

1. verb To make someone do something, using physical force, strong pressure or persuasion.
2. verb To keep something within strict limits so that it cannot spread or move freely.
3. verb To cut down an outcome because there is not enough available to achieve more.

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