impede

to hinder or block progress

Roots

Other words with the ped root

  • expedient: practical or convenient, sometimes at moral cost
  • expedite: to speed up or make easier
  • expedition: journey or organized undertaking
  • impediment: obstacle or hindrance
  • pedal: foot-operated lever or control
  • pedestrian: ordinary, dull, or literally traveling on foot

Ped gives foot; impede originally suggests getting the feet caught.

Heavy traffic impeded the rescue effort.

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