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# inhibit

«inhibit» in Mova's school dictionary: **To slow down, block or stop something from happening or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (inhibit, inhibits, inhibited, inhibiting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To slow down, block or stop something from happening or growing: salt inhibits bacteria. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhibit/#m1)

2) To make someone feel shy or unable to act freely: being watched inhibits him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhibit/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science (substances that inhibit growth or reactions, enzymes) and in feelings and behaviour (shyness). Phrases: inhibit growth, feel inhibited.

### examples

- Salt inhibits the growth of bacteria. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhibit/#x1)
- Cold weather inhibits plant growth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhibit/#x2)
- Fear of mistakes can inhibit learning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhibit/#x3)
- Some medicines inhibit pain signals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhibit/#x4)
- Being filmed inhibited her dancing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhibit/#x5)
- Shade inhibits weeds from growing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhibit/#x6)

### note

Past: inhibited. Noun: inhibition (can mean shyness). Adjective inhibited means shy and holding back. Formal; everyday words: stop, slow down, hold back.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inhibit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhibit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.