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| hampered | |
| 1. adj. impeded or encumbered as if chained or fettered |  |
| hamper | |
| 1. n. A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals | |
| a hamper of wine | |
| a clothes hamper | |
| an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels | |
| 2. n. (uncommon except in New England) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper | |
| 3. v. To put into a hamper. | |
| Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts. | |
| 4. v. To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle | |
| 5. v. To impede in motion or progress. | |
| 6. n. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. | |
| 7. n. (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. | |
