Dictionary Entry
interfere
interfere is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; as, interfering claims, or commands. 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.
9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; as, interfering claims, or commands.
- 2intransitive verb
To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose.
- 3intransitive verb
To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; -- sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.
- 4intransitive verb
To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; -- said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference, 2.
- 5intransitive verb
To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention.
- 6verb
come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
"Your talking interferes with my work!"
- 7verb
get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
"Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
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