hamper
noun
1. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
Similar word(s): bond, shackle, trammel
Definition categories: man–made, constraint, restraint
2. a basket usually with a cover
Definition categories: man–made, basket, handbasket
Sentences with hamper as a noun:
- a hamper of wine
- a clothes hamper
- an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels
verb
1. prevent the progress or free movement of
- He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather
Similar word(s): cramp, halter, strangle
Definition categories: change, bound, confine, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel
2. put at a disadvantage
Similar word(s): handicap, hinder
Definition categories: competition, disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour
Sentences with hamper as a verb:
- Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts.