interfere
//ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ//
Forms
- present (v1)
- interfere
- past (v2)
- interfered
- past participle (v3)
- interfered
- present participle
- interfering
- 3rd person singular
- interferes
Definitions
1.To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
- I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
2.Of waves, to be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.
- Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.
- Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.
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.
- The investigation found the girls had been interfered with.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4585
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Old French entreferir
From entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio.