Both Uses of
impede
in
Oryx and Crake
- Hand between both upper thighs a possibility, but this position would impede walking on the part of the subject, and no limping or stumbling is detectable.
p. 74.8impede = create difficulty so as to slow or prevent
- Then he limps back up to the treeline, takes off his flowered bedsheet, hangs it on a branch: he doesn't want to be impeded.
p. 372.1 *impeded = slowed or hindered
Definition:
create difficulty so as to slow or prevent (something)