Inhibit
verb
Prevent or hold back an action or process.
Some drugs inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
Often appears as...
- inhibit growth
- inhibit action
verb
Make someone self-conscious and unable to act in a natural way.
His fear of failing inhibited him from trying new things.
Often appears as...
- inhibit someone
- self-inhibit
verb
Slow or prevent a chemical reaction or other process.
The compound inhibits the reaction between the two chemicals.
Often appears as...
- inhibit reaction
- inhibit process
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Technical
verb
Prevent or hold back an action or process.
Some drugs inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
Often appears as...
- inhibit growth
- inhibit action
verb
Make someone self-conscious and unable to act in a natural way.
His fear of failing inhibited him from trying new things.
Often appears as...
- inhibit someone
- self-inhibit
verb
Slow or prevent a chemical reaction or other process.
The compound inhibits the reaction between the two chemicals.
Often appears as...
- inhibit reaction
- inhibit process
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Obstructive Context
Used to suggest something is being slowed down or prevented.
Regulations can inhibit innovation in the tech industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Often implies an unwelcome intervention or restriction.
His criticism inhibited my willingness to share ideas.
Pro Tip 3/3External Influence
Emphasizes an external force causing the prevention or holding back.
Her presence didn't inhibit the heated discussion that followed.
Pro Tip 1/3Obstructive Context
Used to suggest something is being slowed down or prevented.
Regulations can inhibit innovation in the tech industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Often implies an unwelcome intervention or restriction.
His criticism inhibited my willingness to share ideas.
Pro Tip 3/3External Influence
Emphasizes an external force causing the prevention or holding back.
Her presence didn't inhibit the heated discussion that followed.
Pro Tip 1/3Obstructive Context
Used to suggest something is being slowed down or prevented.
Regulations can inhibit innovation in the tech industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Often implies an unwelcome intervention or restriction.
His criticism inhibited my willingness to share ideas.
Pro Tip 3/3External Influence
Emphasizes an external force causing the prevention or holding back.
Her presence didn't inhibit the heated discussion that followed.
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
The two really bad ideas that are hovering in the modern world that inhibit our capacity to draw strength from The first idea is that art should be for art's sake -- a ridiculous idea -- an idea that art should live in a hermetic bubble and should not try to do anything with this troubled world.
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Jodi Cobb: What Is...
it's interesting what I discovered doing this story was that the changes that were made to men's bodies all made them appear stronger and more powerful but but the women somehow ended up maimed or their movements inhibited somehow but the world is changing fast cultural
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How menstruation works -...
follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. When they reach the ovaries, they encourage the internal egg cells to grow and mature. The follicles respond by pumping out estrogen. The egg cells grow and estrogen levels peak, inhibiting the production of FSH,
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What is epigenetics? -...
which means they could affect an organism for its entire life. Sometimes that's a good thing. Epigenetic changes are part of normal development. The cells in an embryo start with one master genome. As the cells divide, some genes are activated and others inhibited.
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Life lessons from a...
you I really enjoy the room those glasses they're very nice so it's amazing you can be you could you know I'm not inhibited by what I look like I could be anything I want to be so that was awesome and the puppeteer another thing a puppeteer was which I thought
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Beloved Rhino Prepares...
being left a chance beehan is monitored night and day by cctv so veronica can keep watch without disturbing her very often if animals know that they're being watched it will inhibit their birth and it means we know we can always be on
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How does your body know...
The hypothalamus has two sets of neurons important for our feeling of hunger. One set produces the sensation of hunger by making and releasing certain proteins. The other set inhibits hunger through its own set of compounds.
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The brain benefits of...
These long-burst brain waves are called delta waves. When we don't get the deep sleep we need, it inhibits our ability to learn and for our cells and bodies to recover. Deep sleep is how we convert all those interactions
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How does caffeine keep...
Caffeine inhibits the inhibitor, so it stimulates you. Caffeine can also boost positive feelings. In some neurons, the adenosine receptors are linked to receptors for another molecule called dopamine.
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What causes dandruff,...
using small, oily molecules called oxylipins that regulate inflammation. If they can find a way to inhibit inflammatory oxylipins and boost anti-inflammatory ones, they could develop new treatments.
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
The two really bad ideas that are hovering in the modern world that inhibit our capacity to draw strength from The first idea is that art should be for art's sake -- a ridiculous idea -- an idea that art should live in a hermetic bubble and should not try to do anything with this troubled world.
Video examples
Jodi Cobb: What Is...
it's interesting what I discovered doing this story was that the changes that were made to men's bodies all made them appear stronger and more powerful but but the women somehow ended up maimed or their movements inhibited somehow but the world is changing fast cultural
Video examples
How menstruation works -...
follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. When they reach the ovaries, they encourage the internal egg cells to grow and mature. The follicles respond by pumping out estrogen. The egg cells grow and estrogen levels peak, inhibiting the production of FSH,
Video examples
What is epigenetics? -...
which means they could affect an organism for its entire life. Sometimes that's a good thing. Epigenetic changes are part of normal development. The cells in an embryo start with one master genome. As the cells divide, some genes are activated and others inhibited.
Video examples
Life lessons from a...
you I really enjoy the room those glasses they're very nice so it's amazing you can be you could you know I'm not inhibited by what I look like I could be anything I want to be so that was awesome and the puppeteer another thing a puppeteer was which I thought
Video examples
Beloved Rhino Prepares...
being left a chance beehan is monitored night and day by cctv so veronica can keep watch without disturbing her very often if animals know that they're being watched it will inhibit their birth and it means we know we can always be on
Video examples
How does your body know...
The hypothalamus has two sets of neurons important for our feeling of hunger. One set produces the sensation of hunger by making and releasing certain proteins. The other set inhibits hunger through its own set of compounds.
Video examples
The brain benefits of...
These long-burst brain waves are called delta waves. When we don't get the deep sleep we need, it inhibits our ability to learn and for our cells and bodies to recover. Deep sleep is how we convert all those interactions
Video examples
How does caffeine keep...
Caffeine inhibits the inhibitor, so it stimulates you. Caffeine can also boost positive feelings. In some neurons, the adenosine receptors are linked to receptors for another molecule called dopamine.
Video examples
What causes dandruff,...
using small, oily molecules called oxylipins that regulate inflammation. If they can find a way to inhibit inflammatory oxylipins and boost anti-inflammatory ones, they could develop new treatments.
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Lyall Watson
South African Scientist
The limits of sensory evolution in fish are defined very largely by their habitat. Water is physically supportive, carries some kinds of odour well, and is kind to sound - letting it travel several times faster than air will allow, but it inhibits other more personal kinds of communication.
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Joshua Bell
American Musician
The great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have a concept and will help them play together and unify them. But there are conductors that actually inhibit the players from playing with each other properly.
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Rachel McAdams
Canadian Actress
I look at the world through a green lens now, but you can't make yourself crazy. That feeling of green guilt can be really inhibiting. It's about a changing mind-set, remembering to turn off the water when you are brushing your teeth.
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Luke Evans
Welsh Actor
For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you.
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Joe Carnahan
American Director
I think as a filmmaker and as a director, you shortchange yourself if you inhibit the ability of your actor to bring their own personal experiences to the characters.
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Guy Sebastian
Australian Singer
When you live a truthful life, you can smile without anything behind it; uninhibited joy knowing that you are doing your best to be the best person you can be.
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Sriram Raghavan
Indian Director
I love songs but am inhibited to have my characters burst out to express themselves through songs. I use the route of using old songs at the right places.
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Whitney Port
I like to enjoy myself, and I don't want to live my life inhibiting myself but I always want to be healthy. So I definitely try and keep balance.
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Patrick deWitt
Canadian Novelist
I wouldn't want to write a biography of anyone. I'd feel too inhibited by the facts and too much pressure to do the subject's life justice.
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Robert Delaunay
French Artist
I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them. One must take care, too, not to be inhibited by them.
Quote examples
Lyall Watson
South African Scientist
The limits of sensory evolution in fish are defined very largely by their habitat. Water is physically supportive, carries some kinds of odour well, and is kind to sound - letting it travel several times faster than air will allow, but it inhibits other more personal kinds of communication.
Quote examples
Joshua Bell
American Musician
The great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have a concept and will help them play together and unify them. But there are conductors that actually inhibit the players from playing with each other properly.
Quote examples
Rachel McAdams
Canadian Actress
I look at the world through a green lens now, but you can't make yourself crazy. That feeling of green guilt can be really inhibiting. It's about a changing mind-set, remembering to turn off the water when you are brushing your teeth.
Quote examples
Luke Evans
Welsh Actor
For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you.
Quote examples
Joe Carnahan
American Director
I think as a filmmaker and as a director, you shortchange yourself if you inhibit the ability of your actor to bring their own personal experiences to the characters.
Quote examples
Guy Sebastian
Australian Singer
When you live a truthful life, you can smile without anything behind it; uninhibited joy knowing that you are doing your best to be the best person you can be.
Quote examples
Sriram Raghavan
Indian Director
I love songs but am inhibited to have my characters burst out to express themselves through songs. I use the route of using old songs at the right places.
Quote examples
Whitney Port
I like to enjoy myself, and I don't want to live my life inhibiting myself but I always want to be healthy. So I definitely try and keep balance.
Quote examples
Patrick deWitt
Canadian Novelist
I wouldn't want to write a biography of anyone. I'd feel too inhibited by the facts and too much pressure to do the subject's life justice.
Quote examples
Robert Delaunay
French Artist
I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them. One must take care, too, not to be inhibited by them.
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