Dictionary Entry
inhibit
inhibit is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
- 2transitive verb
To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
- 3verb
to put down by force or authority
"suppress a nascent uprising"
"stamp down on littering"
- 4verb
limit the range or extent of
"Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"
- 5verb
control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
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- 6verb
limit, block, or decrease the action or function of
"inhibit the action of the enzyme"
"inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction"
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