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| sty·mie [ stmee ] or sty·my [ stmee ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle sty·mied, present participle sty·mie·ing, 3rd person present singular sty·mies) (past and past participle sty·mied, present participle sty·my·ing, 3rd person present singular sty·mies) |
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1. hinder progress of somebody or something: to prevent somebody or something from making further progress
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2. golf block opponent's line: to obstruct the line between a golf opponent's ball and the hole
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noun (plural sty·mies) |
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1. problem situation: a situation in which obstacles hinder progress
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2. golf obstruction of opponent's ball: a situation in which one golfer's ball blocks another's
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| [Mid-19th century. Origin ?] |
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