interfere
(verb)
verb
1. come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
- Your talking interferes with my work!
Definition categories: social, hinder, impede
2. 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?
Similar word(s): interpose, intervene
Definition categories: social, interact
Sentences with interfere as a verb:
- I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
- Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.
- Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.