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Word entry · 9 letters

interfere

Best crossword clue

"Get in the way"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ/Part of speech verbSorted eeefinrrtStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle

Word origin

From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio.

Used in a sentence

  • I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
  • I’ve known ere now an interfering branch / Of alder catch my lifted axe behind me. / But that was in the woods, to hold my hand / From striking at another alder’s roots, / And that was, as I say, an alder branch.
  • Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.

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