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.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; as, interfering claims, or commands.
- intransitive verb. To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose.
- intransitive 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.
- intransitive 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.
- intransitive verb. To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention.
- verb. come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
"Your talking interferes with my work!"
- verb. 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?"
Synonyms
Common word forms
interfered, interferer, interferes, interfering
Words from these letters
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