IMPINGE ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impinge on mean? 

• IMPINGE ON (verb)
  The verb IMPINGE ON has 1 sense:

1. hit against; come into sudden contact with

  Familiarity information: IMPINGE ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPINGE ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hit against; come into sudden contact with

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike

Context example:

He struck the table with his elbow

Hypernyms (to "impinge on" is one way to...):

touch (make physical contact with, come in contact with)

Verb group:

strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impinge on"):

stub (strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object)

ping (hit with a pinging noise)

bang; spang (leap, jerk, bang)

rear-end (collide with the rear end of)

broadside (collide with the broad side of)

connect (land on or hit solidly)

spat (strike with a sound like that of falling rain)

thud (strike with a dull sound)

bottom (strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom)

bottom out (hit the ground)

bump; knock (knock against with force or violence)

bump into; butt against; jar against; knock against; run into (collide violently with an obstacle)

clash; collide (crash together with violent impact)

glance (hit at an angle)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Letting go seems to impinge on your sense of financial security.  

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A number of multi-step DNA repair pathways including nucleotide excision repair, homologous recombination and post-replication/translesion repair all impinge on their repair.

(DNA Interstrand Cross-Link Repair, NCI Thesaurus)

Due to its location in the sella turcica, expansion of the tumor mass can impinge on the optic chiasm or involve the temporal lobe, third ventricle and posterior fossa.

(Pituitary Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)