inhibit

1. Prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something (synset 200463563)
   "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"
   is a type of: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent - keep from happening or arising; make impossible
2. Limit, block, or decrease the action or function of (synset 202456941)
   "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction"
   referred to in:

   • biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
   • chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
   is a type of: hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to
3. Consciously restrain from showing;
   Of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior (synset 202428558)
   "suppress a smile"; "he let his anger bottle up until he exploded"
   subtypes:

   • dampen, stifle - suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
   • muffle, repress, smother, stifle, strangle - suppress in order to conceal or hide
   • choke - check or slow down the action or effect of
   same as: bottle up, suppress
4. Make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally (synset 201794202)
   "his father's cold and distant demeanor inhibited him emotionally"
   is a type of: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset - cause to lose one's composure

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