Impinge

Definitions: Impinge

Impinge

Verb

1. Impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains".

2. Advance beyond the usual limit.

Date "impinge" was first used: 1535. (references)

Note: Impinge \Im*pinge"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Impinged; present participle verb or noun Impinging.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Impinge

Synonyms: encroach (v), entrench (v), infringe (v), trench (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Impulse	Verb: give an impetus; Noun: impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Impinge

English words defined with "impinge": Anticathode ♦ encroach, entrench ♦ impinge on, Impinged ♦ Oxidator ♦ trench. (references)

Specialty definitions using "impinge": Environmental Medicine ♦ G protein, G-protein, G-proteins ♦ konimeter ♦ whirlpool bath. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Malaysia	Following a number of high-profile corruption cases, the Government amended the AntiCorruption Act in 1997. The law gives the Attorney General powers that impinge on the presumption of innocence and requires accused persons to prove that they acquired their monetary and other assets legally. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Impinge" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 70.34% of the time. "Impinge" is used about 118 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	70.34%	83	36,350
Lexical Verb (base form)	28.81%	34	59,261
Noun (singular)	0.85%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	118	N/A

Expression using "impinge": impinge on. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "impinge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shkel (backslide, break, contravene, disobey, encroach, entrench, evade, go back, infringe, make inroads into, muscle in, obtrude, offend, outrage, outrun, override, perambulate, poach, press, pull, step, trample, trample down, trample on, transgress, tread, tread on, trouble), qëlloj (batter, clip, clout, conk, discharge, fetch, flap, get, hammer, hit, knock, lay out, paddle, poke, pop, pot, pound, rifle, shoot, slap, slug, smite, strike, switch), godit (bash, beat, biff, buffet, bump, butt, clip, clout, conk, deal, defeat, hit, instigate, joggle, jostle, knock, pound, shock, shove, slam, smite, stab, strike, tap, thrash, thwack, whack), godas (affect, astonish smb., bash, beat, biff, buffet, bump, butt, clip, clout, conk, defeat, drop, hit, knock, pound, smite, stab, strike, whack), cenoj (harm, offend, outrage, prejudice, violate). (various references)

Arabic		‏مس (befall, contact, feel, finger, graze, handle, palpate, tip, touch, twiddle), ‏إعتدى على حق ما, ‏إصطدم (barge into, bump up against, clash, crash, impact, jostle, knock against smb., run down, run into), ‏إرتطم (barge into, bump, hit, lap, stub), ‏أضرم النار (kindle, set on fire, spit), ‏أثر على (swing). (various references)

Bulgarian		удрям се (bump, collide, hit, jar, stump), въздействувам (affect, influence, operate, react, reverberate, work), посягам (encroach, entrench, make, reach across). (various references)

Chinese		冲击 (Brunt, Impact, impacted, Impacting, Impinged, impinging, shocked, shocking). (various references)

Czech		udeřit (bang, fillip, hit, knock, punch, strike, swipe), ovlivnit (sway), dotýkat se èích práv. (various references)

Danish		to eller flere vandkanoner,der er placeret saaledes,at de kan dirigere vandstraalerne det rigtige sted hen,kan fremkalde et saerdeles effektivt vandtaeppe (two or more water monitors located to enable the jets to impinge can provide a very effective water curtain). (various references)

Dutch		twee of meer watermonitors,die op zodanige plaatsen zijn aangebracht dat waterstralen samenkomen,kunnen een zeer doeltreffend watergordijn vormen (two or more water monitors located to enable the jets to impinge can provide a very effective water curtain). (various references)

Farsi		پرت کردن (Hurl, Hurtle, Jaculate, Launch, Shy, Throw, Toss), حمله کردن (Assail, Layon, Pop, Souse), تخطی کردن (Contravene, Encroach, Offend, Trepass), تجاوزکردن (Encroach, Invade, Molest, Overstep, Trepass), خردکردن (Break, Comminute, Crash, Cutdown, Disintegrate, Fragment, Grind, Hack, Hash, Infract, Joint, Mangle, Mash, Maul, Mince, Pestle, Shatter, Shiver, Smash, Smite, Squelch). (various references)

French		toucher, s'heurter, entrer en collision, empiéter, affecter. (various references)

German		treffen (affect, assignation, bump up against, catch, connect, encounter, find, hit, hit upon, hurt, make, meet, meet with, meeting, meetings, rally, reach, reunion, reunions, run across, stricken, strike, take, to encounter), sich auswirken (affect, have an effect, operate), fallen (be dropped, be fired, be killed, be made, be mentioned, be passed, be pronounced, be uttered, come down, decrease, descend, die, dip, drop, fall, fall off, flop, go down, halyards, hang, inclination, lower, pitch, pitfalls, plunge, rake, slip, slump, strike, to fall (fell, topple, trap, traps, tumble), einwirken (act, act on, affect, appeal, be effective, have an influence, have effect, influence, to operate), einschränken (confine, cut back, cut down, limit, moderate, narrow down, pare down, qualify, reduce, restrain, restrict, retrench, stint, to retrench, to stint), beeinflussen (act, affect, govern, infect, influence, sway, tamper with, to bias, to influence), auftreffen (impact, impingement). (various references)

Greek		κτυπώ (bang, buffet, bump, clack, clobber, clout, cudgel, hit, knock, larrup, maul, rap, shroud, slat, smite, strike, swat, thrash), προσκρούω (bump, clash, crash, impact, strike), εισβάλλω (invade). (various references)

Hebrew		לפ�'וע (affect, blight, come across, harm, hurt, injure, offend, prejudice, slight, strike, wound), ל�"ת� �'ש (barge in, bump into, clash, draw near), ל�"סי�' �'בול (encroach, infringe, poach, trespass), ל�'בול (abut, border, set a limit, verge). (various references)

Hungarian		nekiütközik (to barge against, to barge into, to bump against, to impinge on, to knock up against), hatást gyakorol (exert, to impinge on, to impress, to take effect), összeütközik (bump, collide, conflict, confront, crash, hurtle, to bump, to cannon, to clash, to collide, to conflict, to crash, to crash into sg, to hurtle, to smash). (various references)

Italian		violare (break, defile, infringe, outrage, rape, to, violate), urtare contro, contrastare (be in contrast, confront, contrast, counteract, face, oppose, resist, thwart). (various references)

Manx		imman (develop, development, drive, drove), bwoalley noi (come against, impingement), bwoailley. (various references)

Pig Latin		impingeay.(various references)

Portuguese		irreverência (flippant, irreverence, profanity), infringir (assault, break, contravene, infringe, invader, transgress, trespass, violate), impingir (fold, quack), usurpar (encroach, infringe, invade, overpower, usurp), encontrar (come across, detect, discover, encounter, experienced, find, find out, get together, hunt up, meet, meet with, one finds, to encounter, to find, to meet), colidir (bump, bump into, cannon, clash, collide, conflict, crash, dash, run into, strike). (various references)

Romanian		se ciocni (bump, collide, conflict, dash against, encounter, fall foul of, foul, go foul of, hit, jar, knock, meet, run foul of, strike, telescope), avea efect (come, fetch, work), încãlca (break, defy, infringe, infringe on, infringe upon, invade, overrun, poach, scorn, usurp, violate). (various references)

Russian		посягать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		povrediti (damage, encroach, hurt, injure, job, sear, violate, wound), posegnuti (infringe, reach). (various references)

Spanish		invadir (come over, encroach, encroach on, infringe on, invade, overrun, raid), tocarse (dab, Flitch, jar, lap, palp, to about, to butt, touch, wing), pasar los límites (encroach), chocar con (cannon into, hit, run into, walk in), afectar a (impinge on). (various references)

Swedish		stöta (barge, bruise, bump, butt, dig, hurt, hurtle, hustle, impact, jab, knock, offend, outrage, pestle, pound, push, put, shove, stab, strike, thrust). (various references)

Turkish		vurmak (bang, bat, beat, beat down, bruise, bust, catapult, catch, chime, clap, clip, clout, dash, deal, grass, gun, hit, inflict, kayo, knock, land, lay out, lay to, Lodge, Mall, nail, pack, percuss, pip, plant, plonk, plug, plunk, pound, prick, pummel, punch, putt, ram, shoot, shoot off, slog, smash, sock, strike, stroke, stub, swat, swinge, switch, whack, zap), tecâvüz etmek (abuse, aggress, assault, attack, break into, encroach, encroach on, entrench upon, infringe, interfere with, intrude, outrage, overstep, rape, ravish, shame, trench on, trench upon, trespass, violate), etkilemek (affect, cast a spell on, catch up, concern, dictate, enamor, enamour, enthral, enthrall, glamor, glamour, grip, impress, imprint, influence, inthral, lead, militate, operate, prepossess, reach, smite, spell, spellbind, sway, thrill, touch, turn, turn smb.'s head), el uzatmak (bestow hand on smb., claw, thrust out hand), çarpmak (bang, bang into, barge, bash, bump, bump into, cannon, clap, clash, collide, crash, crash into, dash, foul, greet, hit, hurtle, kayo, knock, knock out, knock over, lash, mulct, multiply, plant, plonk, plonk down, plunk, pound, pulsate, pulse, ram, reach, run, run against, slam, slap, smash, smite upon, spring, strike, strike against, throb). (various references)

Ukranian		стикатися (clash, collide, contact, encounter, foul, impinge on, jostle, meet, osculate, telescope, touch), посягати (impinge on). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	impingere. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "impinge": impinged, impingement, impingements, impinger, impingers, impinges. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Impinge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: imipenem, immpugne, impage, impring, impringe, impuge, impugne, impune, impunge, inpinge, Mibenge, myinge. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "impinge" (pronounced i'mpi"nj)
3	-i" n j	binge, cringe, fringe, hinge, infringe, singe, syringe, tinge, twinge, unhinge.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-g-i-i-m-n-p"
	-1 letter: imping, pieing.
	-2 letters: genii, genip, imine, piing.
	-3 letters: gien, gimp, impi, mien, mine, mini, pein, pine, ping.
	-4 letters: eng, gem, gen, gie, gin, gip, imp, meg, men, mig, nim, nip, peg, pen, pie, pig, pin.
	-5 letters: em, en, in, me, mi, ne, pe, pi.
	Words containing the letters "e-g-i-i-m-n-p"
	+1 letter: impeding, impinged, impinger, impinges.
	+2 letters: epigonism, impelling, impending, impingers, premising, premixing, simpering.
	+3 letters: bedimpling, bepimpling, epigonisms, impaneling, impeaching, impearling, imperiling, impleading, impledging, impowering, impregning, impressing, miskeeping, mispenning, permitting, pigmenting, polemizing, premiering, reimposing, springtime, whimpering.
	+4 letters: empathising, empathizing, emphasising, emphasizing, empoisoning, epitomising, epitomizing, euphemising, euphemizing, impanelling, imperilling, impetrating, impingement, imprecating, mispleading, misspeaking, misspelling, misspending, prelimiting, pretrimming, recompiling, reimporting, springtimes, temporising, temporizing, timekeeping.
	+5 letters: distempering, dopaminergic, emancipating, exemplifying, impetiginous, impingements, implementing, impregnating, impregnation, minesweeping, misemploying, misreporting, misspellings, multiplexing, pigmentation, polemicizing, polymerising, polymerizing, preadmitting, premigration, premodifying, premonishing, primogenitor, reimplanting, reprimanding, timekeepings.
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