to prevent (a person) from leaving, travelling etc

hold, keep back; arrest

to make (a person) feel uncomfortable, ashamed etc

cause mental discomfort

to be a burden or difficulty to (a person, business, place etc) (and make action, movement difficult)

bother, burden

chains for a prisoner

tie up, hold

to prevent (a person) from doing something; to prevent (plans) from being carried out

thwart, disappoint

to get in the way of (a person, activity etc)

obstruct, hinder

that is about to happen

obstruct, hinder

incorporated

hamper

to prevent or stop a person (from doing it)

restrict, prevent

to break in on another person's affairs without right or invitation

meddle, intervene

to block up (a road, view etc); to make (the progress etc of something) difficult

prevent, restrict

to say that (something) must not be done, that (a person) must not do something

make impossible; stop

to keep (a person, thing) within limits

confine, limit situation or ability to participate

to prevent or hinder (something)

hinder, obstruct

to set aside (a plan, problem) until later; (of land) to slope (down or up) gently

defer, postpone

an indoor game played by hitting 1 white ball, 15 red balls and 6 balls of other colours with a long stick (a cue)

frustrate, hinder

to hang something up (from); (of solid particles in the air, a liquid etc) to be or remain in place

hang from above