inhibit

inhibit has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• v. t.. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
• v. t.. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
• v.. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
• v.. limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"
• v.. control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
• v.. limit, block, or decrease the action or function of; "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction"