Definition of "interfere" []

• To be or create a hindrance or obstacle: loud talking that interfered with the other patrons' conversations; assistance that only interfered. (verb-intransitive)
• Sports To perform an act of interference. (verb-intransitive)
• To intervene or intrude in the affairs of others; meddle. (verb-intransitive)
• To strike one hoof against the opposite hoof or leg while moving. Used of a horse. (verb-intransitive)
• Physics & Electronics To cause interference. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "So even if you think that, e.g., laws barring discrimination against citizens of Hispanic origin interfere with liberty, we already have thatissue."
• "It's amazing what you can do when you don't let your brain interfere with your body."
• "I think health and safety did interfere, which is why we didn't see the Young Farmers Tug of War."