Inhibit

Word INHIBIT
Character 7
Hyphenation in hib it
Pronunciations /ɪnˈhɪbɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Inhibit"

What do we mean by inhibit?

To hold back; restrain: synonym: restrain. transitive verb

To cause (a person) to behave in a restrained or self-conscious way. transitive verb

To suppress or restrain (behavior, an impulse, or a desire) consciously or unconsciously. transitive verb

To prevent or decrease the rate of (a reaction). transitive verb

To decrease, limit, or block the action or function of (an enzyme or organ, for example). transitive verb

To prohibit (an ecclesiastic) from performing clerical duties. transitive verb

To hold back; hinder by obstruction or restriction; check or repress.

To forbid; prohibit; interdict.

To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. transitive verb

To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. transitive verb

To cause the rate of (a chemical or biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt. transitive verb

To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving conscious or unconscious motivations. transitive verb

To hinder; to restrain verb

Control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior verb

Limit the range or extent of verb

Limit, block, or decrease the action or function of verb

To put down by force or authority verb

To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.

To recuse.

To hold back Urban Dictionary

Something in your mind that keeps you from doing something that you really want to do/happen. Often the reason why a man won't make a move on a lady, it makes him unconfident and hesitant. The way to get rid of this inhibiton or inhibitions is to drink. That is one of the benfits to alcohol, it makes you more open and free to do what you want. Urban Dictionary

To lose your metaphorical restraints and to commit thy self in an idea or action absent of outside influence. To fell strong towards such topic that is a reflection of ones true character. Urban Dictionary

The exact emotion you loose when being in a hyper real state, on a moment that the every day constraints of work don't exist. Urban Dictionary

When you say several hilarious things in a row, and the next joke you tell is not really that funny, but your friend busts up because your jokes lowered their laughter inhibition. Urban Dictionary

It is the electrophysiological example of endocannabinoid function in the central nervous system. Urban Dictionary

A wholesome story about a mother and son reconnecting! Urban Dictionary

A wholesome story about a mother and son reconnecting! Urban Dictionary

A combination of the words inhibited and inebriated or in other words very drunk Urban Dictionary

Expressing the need to shave ones taint, or to hang out with someone who's a bad mother. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Inhibit

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The word "inhibit" in example sentences

Therefore he decides that although the First Amendment forbids Congress to abridge political speech, that proscription is somehow superseded by Congress's right to, in Breyer's words, "inhibit" some "speech opportunities" in the name of fine-tuning "a democratic conversation." ❋ Unknown (2008)

As used herein, "inhibit" or "treat" or "treatment" includes a postponement of development of the symptoms associated with autoimmune disease or pathogen-induced immunopathology and/or ❋ Unknown (2010)

New York Post, my editor would purge French-derived words, like those ending with i-o-n, and replace them with the Anglo-Saxon equivalent, so instead of "inhibit" you had

So I'm at a loss at how this legislation would "inhibit" anybody's "religious freedom". tolkien_fan73 Says: paleolib: I had the same thought: ❋ Unknown (2009)

It added that the tie-up would have the potential to 'inhibit' the editorial and scheduling flexibility of both the BBC and ITV network. ❋ Unknown (2009)

- This is from a survey conducted in the UK and reported on in the Bookseller: The lack of devices from Amazon and Apple could "inhibit" the UK's e-book market "in the short term", as people hold out for products by preferred manufacturers, a YouGov survey has concluded. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We have been hexed to devalue, negatively connote, discredit, caution against, inhibit, prohibit, and even become scared and fearful of allowing spirit to express itself through our whole body, mind, heart, and soul. ❋ PhD Bradford Keeney (2010)

For example, you could inhibit the axons going downstream from the primary visual cortex toward the retina. ❋ Michael Chorost (2011)

If we're not conscious of the values of our conditioned self-structure, they are going to inhibit our capacity to be a truly awake individual. ❋ Andrew Z. Cohen (2011)

They facilitate or inhibit synaptic firing, and they can do it globally throughout the brain or locally in just one area. ❋ Michael Chorost (2011)

• One could inhibit neural activity with yellow light activating halorhodopsin-doped neurons. ❋ Michael Chorost (2011)

According to the FDA, in 2009 more than 5 million prescriptions were filled for bisphosphonates, which inhibit bone loss. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"In too many instances, White House staff have been allowed to inhibit openness and transparency, and reduce accountability." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Japan posted a $10.66 billion trade deficit in May, the biggest shortfall in nearly 2½ years, as the impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami continues to inhibit an economic recovery. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Any scientific question that we can pose, in a realm where we can dissect particular neuronal cell types or populations and inhibit or drive them with millisecond precision, is answerable now. ❋ Michael Chorost (2011)

Governor Sanford has allowed this affair to jeopardize and inhibit not only his ability to be a well functioning father and husband but also governor of a state. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Flat LEDs sandwiched into the space between the brain and the skull shone blue light into the tissue to fire neurons, yellow light to inhibit neurons. ❋ Michael Chorost (2011)

And because optogenetics can also inhibit neural firing, it can stop the conversation in selective ways. ❋ Michael Chorost (2011)

Psychologists worry that in the young, such ceaseless contact would inhibit the formation of an autonomous personality. ❋ Michael Chorost (2011)

Don't inhibit me, [mother fucker]. ❋ Ty (2003)

After a few drinks, Ryan easily made a [move on] [Katy] and ended up getting [the goodness]. ❋ Pedro (2003)

"Yo dawg, at first I was like that's an [exit only] orifices but after she let me nursed me into 86in my inhibitions and dropped my forward shields as well as disarming my locked on photon motherfuckin [torpedoes] and accepted it just being another 'curly tow fun spot' I was opened up to another level of [sexual ecstasy]. I snapped batches like a garden sprinkler!" ❋ MWALD (2011)

"He squeezed through a mass of shaking butts and wiggling hips. Sweating bodies in flashy clothes, [gleaming] in the [strobe lights], escaping their everyday joyless lives in an orgy of drinking and ecstatic dancing, losing all their [inhibitations] in a hyper real state where every day constraints of work don't exist." ❋ PoloSleor (2008)

Rob: What's the difference between a hooker and a drug dealer? Daniel: What? Rob: A hooker can wash her crack and sell it again. Daniel: Hahahahaha, good one. Rob: Why does [the Easter Bunny] hide Easter eggs? Rob: He doesn't want anyone knowing he's been fucking the chickens! Daniel: Hahahaha! That's fucked up. Rob: [Ok one more]. What is the difference between [snowmen] and snowwomen? Daniel: What? Rob: Snowballs. Daniel: Hahahhaa that was hilarious. Rob: No it wasn't, you just have lowered laughter inhibition. ❋ Emlai (2014)

You i just smoked a fat ass blunt and it [triggerd] Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition in [my brain]....[Coz] ❋ I Built My Own World To Escape (2008)

Guy 1: Yo, [brb], gonna go [read] Shedding Inhibitions. [Guy 2]: What? ❋ Someskyrimfan2 (2023)

Guy 1: Yo, [brb], gonna go [read] Shedding Inhibitions. [Guy 2]: What? ❋ Someskyrimfan2 (2023)

I [seem] to be [slightly] inhibitated ([burp]) ❋ Shellanne F (2020)

[Dave] would rather inhibit the glint than [go to] a [club]. ❋ Jungleheat (2004)

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