Hamper \Ham"per\ (h[a^]m"p[~e]r), n. [Contr. fr. hanaper.]
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing
and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes
hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hamper \Ham"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hampered (-p[~e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Hampering.]
To put in a hamper.
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Hamper \Ham"per\, v. t. [OE. hamperen, hampren, prob. of the
same origin as E. hamble.]
To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to
inveigle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or
progress; to embarrass; to encumber. "Hampered nerves."
--Blackmore.
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A lion hampered in a net. --L'Estrange.
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They hamper and entangle our souls. --Tillotson.
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Hamper \Ham"per\, n. [See Hamper to shackle.]
1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. --W. Browne.
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2. (Naut.) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way
at certain times. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Top hamper (Naut.), unnecessary spars and rigging kept
aloft.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hamper
n 1: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially
something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn:
shackle, bond, trammel, trammels]
2: a basket usually with a cover
v 1: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered
in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperilist
nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two
small countries" [syn: halter, cramp, strangle]
2: put at a disadvantage; "The brace I have to wear is
hindering my movements" [syn: handicap, hinder]
WordNet (r) 2.0
180 Moby Thesaurus words for "hamper":
Oregon boat, anchor, bag, balk, bar, barrel, barricade, basket,
bear hard upon, bilbo, bind, block, bond, bonds, bottle, box,
box up, bridle, burden, burthen, camisole, can, capsule, cargo,
carton, case, cask, chain, chains, charge, check, clog, collar,
cramp, crate, creel, crimp, cripple, cross, cuffs, cumber,
cumbrance, curb, curtail, deadweight, delay, difficulty, diminish,
disadvantage, discomfit, embarrass, embarrassment, encase, enchain,
encumber, encumbrance, encyst, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil,
entrammel, entrap, entwine, fasten, fetter, foil, freight,
frustrate, gag, gyve, gyves, halter, hamstring, handcuff,
handcuffs, handicap, hinder, hobble, hobbles, hog-tie, hold up,
hopple, hopples, hurdle, impede, impediment, impedimenta,
imposition, inconvenience, inhibit, interfere with, involve, irons,
jar, lade, lame, lash, leading strings, leash, lessen, lime, limit,
load, lumber, make fast, manacle, moor, muzzle, net, obstruct,
obstruction, onus, oppress, overburden, overload, overtax,
overweight, pack, package, pannier, parcel, peg down, penalty,
picket, pillory, pin down, pinion, pot, press down,
press hard upon, prevent, punnet, put in irons, reduce, reins,
rest hard upon, restrain, restraint, restraints, restrict, retard,
rope, rub, sack, saddle, saddle with, secure, shackle, slow, snag,
snarl, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket,
stranglehold, strap, stumbling block, tangle, tank, tax, tether,
thwart, tie, tie down, tie up, tight-fisted, tin, toil, trammel,
trammels, trouble, weigh down, weigh heavy on, weigh on,
weigh upon, weight, white elephant, yoke
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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