Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Impede"

A: To get in the way of something or make something more difficult

“The mountains impede trade and travel”
this shows that the mountains make travel and trade harder to do

A: impede = get in the way of

A: To block or slow down!

A: Inclement weather can seriously impede the normal flow of traffic.
Poor study disciplines will impede learning.

A: If the reefs impede navigation they form some good harbours.

The underbrush will impede the progress of the hunted animal

A: "I don't want to impede your progress."
"Don't impede traffic."

A: Impeded would be the correct use for the sentence examples you have given. To be encumbered has the implication that you are weighed down by something heavy that is slowing down your progress. The weather is incapable of having such an effect so impeded would be the better choice

A: impede - preventing/delaying/something that will eventually happen but is being prevented/delayed (e.g. "Impeding doom")

hinder - blocking/distracting ("He's hindering me from completing my work")

shackle - coming from the actual instrument (shackles/cuffs), to metaphorically be locked (e.g. "I'm shackled in this marriage")

throttle - coming from the actual propulsion device - the throttle, metaphorically used to say "to go fast into something" (e.g. "I got throttled into this business")

A: They're basically the same. You can use them interchangeably.

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A: Block has the strongest meaning of this group. It has the sense of completely stopping something. It is also the most common in everyday speech.

I blocked his shot. She blocked him on social media. The trees block my view of the ocean.

The other words all have the sense of making something more difficult, but not completely stopping something.

Obstruct and impede have a formal feeling: The political official was accused of trying to obstruct justice. The sea ice impeded the ship’s progress.

Hamper and hinder seem interchangeable to me: His campaign was hampered/hindered by allegations of tax evasion.

A: Personally I agree, either one works here.

Hinder is the more commonly used word, impede is a bit more formal.

Impede means "to get in the way of".
Hinder means "to make difficult to accomplish".

The difference between the two is extremely small and most native speakers would consider them to be interchangeable. If something gets in the way, it makes the task difficult to accomplish.

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