interfere

Verb

come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
- "Your talking interferes with my work!"
get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
(of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.
To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
To sexually molest, especially of a child.

Examples

Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.
I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
The investigation found the girls had been interfered with.
Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.

Origin / Etymology

From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio.

Synonyms

interpose, intervene, step in

Scrabble Score: 12

interfere: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
interfere: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
interfere: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

interfere: valid Words With Friends Word