1. To cover as if with a blanket; as of snow.
2. To form a blanket-like cover (over).
To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane. SYN. To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb; confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.
1. To damage as if by shaking or jarring.
2. To move deeply; SYN. upset, trouble.
ETYM Old Eng. hamperen, hampren, prob. of the same origin as Eng. hamble.
To prevent the progress or free movement of; SYN. halter, cramp.
To cause trouble or inconvenience to.
1. To destroy the peace or tranquility of; SYN. disturb.
2. To end prematurely; SYN. break.
3. To interfere in someone else's activity; SYN. disrupt.
4. To make a break in; SYN. disrupt, break up, cut off.
To stop a process in such a way that it can be resumed.
1. To make imperfect; SYN. impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate.
2. To detract from the perfection or wholeness of; spoil
1. To destroy or injure severely; SYN. mangle, disfigure, cut up.
2. To destroy, as of a limb; SYN. mar.
ETYM Latin perturbare, perturbatum; per + turbare to disturb, from turba a disorder: cf. Old Fren. perturber. Related to Per-, and Turbid.
1. To throw into great confusion or disorder; SYN. derange, throw out of kilter.
2. To disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; SYN. unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder.
3. To disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom.
4. To cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, esp. as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull.
To cause inconvenience or discomfort to:; SYN. put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother.