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.