English Explanatory Dictionary

interfere

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
  2. Of waves, to be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.
  3. Of a horse, to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle by using the legs.
  4. To sexually molest, especially of a child.

Pronunciation

/ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ/ en-us-interfere.ogg /ˌɪn.təˈfɪə(ɹ)/

Word forms

interfere interferes interfering interfered enterfere

Etymology

From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio.

Related words

busy body interferometry

Derived words

interferant interference interferer interferingly interferingness interferogram interferometer interferon noninterfering reinterfere small interfering RNA uninterfered
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