med|dle

med|dle
med|dle «MEHD uhl», intransitive verb, -dled, -dling.
1. to busy oneself with other people's things or affairs without being asked or needed: »

Don't meddle with my books or my toys. That busybody has been meddling in my business.

2. Obsolete. to fight; contend.
3. Obsolete. to associate; mingle.
╂[< Old French medler, ultimately < Latin miscēre to mix]
Synonym Study 1 Meddle, tamper, interfere mean to concern oneself unnecessarily or unduly with someone or something. Meddle implies busying oneself, without right or permission, with something not one's own affair: »

One country should not meddle in the internal affairs of another.

Tamper suggests meddling in order to experiment with a thing or improperly influence a person: »

Don't tamper with electrical appliances.

Interfere suggests meddling in a way that disturbs or hinders: »

She interferes when we scold the children.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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