| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Impinge.[Websters]
2. To be bored. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have reached, tampered, broached, adjoined or meddled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be shocked or bruised. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have knocked, offended, jostled or buffeted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be concerned or worried. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have applied or imputed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be poached. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have recovered or obtained. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be battered.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb impinge.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (impinge) | 1. Impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual".[Wordnet]. 2. Advance beyond the usual limit.[Wordnet]. 3. To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: impinging, impinged, impinges, impinger, impingers, impingingly and impingedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "IMPINGED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1803. (references) |
Specialty Definition: impinge
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] impinj'. To fall against; to strike; to dash against; to clash upon. The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Administration | To collide or strike. (references) | ||
| Geography | Impinge is geographically located in Zimbabwe. Its features include a mine(s) (a site where mineral ores are extracted from the ground by excavating surface pits and subterranean passages). Its geographic coordinates are 16.916667 degrees South latitude and 30.816667 degrees East longitude. (references) | ||
| Geology | To strike and attack directly, as in curvilinear flow where the current does not follow the curve but continues on tangent into the bank on the outside of a bend in the channel. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (figuratively) to interfere with. (references) | 2: [Verb] to make an impact (on, upon). (references) | |
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Common Expressions: impinge
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Impinge on | Hit against; come into sudden contact with. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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