hamper-v; 1 Senses

Sense Number 1: prevent the free movement, action, or progress of

Examples:
Fierce storms have been hampering rescue efforts.
Bad procedures hapered road constructions.
Bird flu prevention hampered by poor international coordination measures.
The brace I have to wear is hampering my movements.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: Hindering
PropBank: hamper.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2