(a.) Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.
(a.) To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.
(a.) To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
(v. i.) To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.
Example Sentences:
(1) The blocking action may have masked and hindered detection of the stimulatory action of barium in other systems.
(2) Diffusional anisotropy of water protons, induced by nonrandom, directional barriers which hinder or retard water motion, is measurable by MRI.
(3) The power of the landed elite is often cited as a major structural flaw in Pakistani politics – an imbalance that hinders education, social equality and good governance (there is no agricultural tax in Pakistan).
(4) Mapping of susceptibility is hindered by the limitations of conventional tissue typing techniques, and by strong linkage disequilibrium within this part of the genome.
(5) From these results, we presume that light induces a protein that hinders the interaction of gp70 in HM1 cells with its receptor on the NC4 cell surface and thereby inhibits the sexual process between these strains.
(6) This in vivo incorporation of tungsten was competitively hindered by molybdenum.
(7) If a prisoner is in the process of taking a programme this can hinder or even curtail their progress – many prisons don't offer certain programmes so if you are moved to a prison without a particular course you are back to square one when it comes to the crucial Parole Board assessment.
(8) From the outset the former Leicester University economics professor has made no secret of the fact this his “dysfunctional relationship” with Anastasiades and other central Bank board members had hindered his role in the post.
(9) The inhibition of Na+K+ ATPase and Mg2+ ATPase activity which may affect the release and uptake of biogenic amines in CNS, hinders the maturation of human fetal brain.
(10) The identification of patients usually refractory to outpatient treatment was hindered by the constant flux in the population base as illustrated by an 85% increase in the asthma registry over the succeeding 12-mo period.
(11) OKT4 and OKT8 monoclonal antibodies slightly hindered depolarization by CsA while OKT3, OKT11 and OKIa1 antibodies had no such effect.
(12) The Communist party and the liberal Yabloko party complained on Sunday of extensive election violations aimed at boosting United Russia's vote count, including party observers being hindered in their work.
(13) These data indicate that the basic model presented here provides a suitable vehicle for future studies into the biochemical events that may cause skeletal muscle enlargement during resistance training but, based on limited data, suggests that an increased frequency of training days may hinder muscle enlargement in this model.
(14) If this geometry was changed, a decrease in affinity was observed and if the ligand binding was sterically hindered, a spectral shift to a five-coordinated complex absorbing at 390 nm occurred.
(15) Administrative inefficiency hinders even more the appropriate utilization of resources.
(16) Thus, the product of natural processing of equine myoglobin probably has hindering structures in the regions flanking the core epitope 102-118 that interfere with presentation by I-Ak but not I-AS.
(17) Many tropical diseases cause disability and hinder the socio-economic development of the Third World countries where they rage.
(18) The difficulties encountered in casting titanium and its alloys have until recently hindered any widespread use of titanium in restorative dentistry.
(19) Warming water will make it hard for many of the reef’s corals to survive, while the acidification of the oceans will hinder the ability of remaining corals to form their skeletons.
(20) The 3-nitrocatechol-structure of nitecapone seems to hinder nitro-reduction, catechol-O-methylation, and sulfation reactions.
Tinder
Definition:
(n.) Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.
Example Sentences:
(1) You know it’s just full of people having excellent Tinder dates.
(2) From then on she became best known for the occasional declamatory remark: "America is founded on genocide"; "the quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth"; and "the white race is the cancer of history" are just three sparky sentences she threw into the tinder box of an America at war with the world and itself in the mid-60s.
(3) Mailbox What we say: Mailbox is one of the better ways to attain the fabled Inbox Zero – or at least try to – by swiping unwanted emails aside like they’re unwanted matches in Tinder.
(4) On a Saturday in January, according to Palmer and court documents, she and a friend went to Fort Bragg to connect with men they met on Tinder Social .
(5) We are supposed to have them by our early 30s at the latest – and not with some nobody we met on Tinder, but with a long-term partner who’ll push a buggy occasionally.
(6) Few guessed, though, that this tinder in the box was lit at least as much by the long arm of the law as the invisible hand of the market.
(7) But part of the reason people stop messaging is surely because you were only ever a wrong thumb swipe away from be swooshed into the "no" pile, forgotten forever before they are presented with infinite more options (has anyone ever run out of possibilities on Tinder?).
(8) The bonus of this tactic is that you’ll never be able to use Tinder again.
(9) It's an app you can download at the click of an iPhone and play at the bus stop, one that uses your smartphone's GPS to track down other Tindering singles in your area.
(10) Tinder announced the move on its blog : “Now when notable public figures, celebrities and athletes appear in your recommendations, you’ll know it’s for real.” Verified profiles for celebrities have long been in development, and were first mooted back in March 2014 , when Tinder’s chief executive, Sean Rad, said: “This will allow celebrities to enter Tinder in a different way.” The app’s chief marketing officer, Justin Mateen, added : “Tinder gives them [celebrities] the control to filter through the noise and communicate with people they want to know.” lily (@lilyallen) Just discovered tinder.
(11) We may be sexting, Tindering and OK Cupid-ing until our iPhones burn our palms, but when it comes to physical consummation, for many of us, sex has gone the same way as whist drives and tea dances.
(12) But even I've noticed something horrible has happened to romance lately, and I'm placing the blame on Tinder .
(13) People who use Tinder understand that, although some people who don’t might be more hesitant to sign up.
(14) It feels uncomfortably shallow at first but, as one of my fellow Tindering friends points out, "You'd just be doing it in your head at the pub anyway."
(15) But there are heartening stories from around the world of people teaming up to go Pokémon hunting and of people helping each other find elusive Pokémon – and the app is now officially more popular than Tinder , which suggests Pokemon Go might start bringing people together in very special ways indeed.
(16) I don't want people to know I sit on my bedroom floor on a Friday night and order two pizzas while watching Nothing To Declare and scrolling through Tinder.
(17) So as soon as you make one wrong move, write one badly worded message, or they simply can't be arsed, you're mentally swiped to the side – not as satisfying as the initial, physical Tinder swipe, but just as effective.
(18) A heat wave and tinder-dry brush had created a dynamic, dangerous situation, California fire captain Mike Mohler told local television reporters.
(19) Or the dreamy sex expert inspired by the time Demetriou swiped right on Tinder.
(20) In a nation with rampant inequality, endemic segregation and massive poverty guns are the spark on a huge pile of dry tinder.