Impinge
21impinge — [c]/ɪmˈpɪndʒ / (say im pinj) verb (impinged, impinging) –verb (i) 1. to strike or dash (on, upon, or against): rays of light impinging on the eye. –verb (t) 2. Obsolete to come into violent contact with. –phrase …
22impinge — verb /ɪmˈpɪndʒ/ a) To make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon). The ordinary rocks upon which such men do impinge and precipitate themselves, are cards, dice, hawks, and hounds [...]. b) To interfere with; to encroach …
23impinge on — have an effect. → impinge …
24impinge — verb (impinges, impinging, impinged) (usu. impinge on) have an effect. ↘come into contact; encroach. Derivatives impingement noun impinger noun Origin C16 (orig. in the sense thrust at forcibly , then come into forcible contact ): from L.… …
25impinge — [ɪmˈpɪndʒ] verb impinge on sth …
26impinge on/upon — [phrasal verb] impinge on/upon (something) formal : to affect (something) in a way that is unwanted : to have a bad effect on (something) His lawyers argued that the publicity will impinge on the defendant s right to a fair trial. Her work is… …
27impinge upon — phrasal verb impinge on or impinge upon [transitive] Word forms impinge on : present tense I/you/we/they impinge on he/she/it impinges on present participle impingeing on past tense impinged on past participle impinged on formal impinge on/upon… …
28impinge upon — im ˈpinge on im ˈpinge u ˌpon [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they impinge on he/she/it impinges on pres …
29impinge — Synonyms and related words: bang, bang into, barge in, break in, break in upon, brush, brush by, bump, bump into, burst in, butt in, cannon, caress, carom, carom into, charge in, clash, collide, come between, come in contact, come into collision …
30impinge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. encroach, intrude; collide, clash. See illegality. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To infringe upon] Syn. encroach, intrude, invade; see meddle 1 . 2. [To hit] Syn. strike, ricochet, crash against; see… …
