hinder

Etymology 1

From Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną, *hinderōną (“to hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).

verb

1. (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
   A drought hinders the growth of plants.
   Arsenal were playing without a recognised full-back – their defence comprising four centre-halves – and the lack of width was hindering their progress. 10 December 2011, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 – 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2018-12-05
2. (transitive, intransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
   She hindered a man from committing suicide.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.

Etymology 2

comparative form of hind: more hind

adj

1. Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
   the hinder end of a wagon
   the hinder parts of a horse
   Let no man say that the Devil is not a cruel tyrant. He may give his folk some scrapings of unhallowed pleasure, but he will exact tithes, yea, of anise and cummin, in return, and there is aye the reckoning to pay at the hinder end. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
   On a line dividing the front two-thirds from the hinder one-third, and set in the shape of a V, is a row of seven to twelve large flat-topped circumvallate papillae, […] 1990, C. W. H. Havard, editor, Black's Medical Dictionary, 36th edition, page 673

adj

1. comparative form of hind: more hind

noun

1. (slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.
   Like martial arts, in-line skating is predicated on the notion that sooner or later you're going to end up on your hinder. 1997, Richard Laliberte, Stephen C. George, The Men's Health Guide to Peak Conditioning, page 195