obstruction - something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement; the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education; the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan.
Definition of participle for Students. : a form of a verb that is used to indicate a past or ongoing action and that can be used like an adjective The word âsmilingâ in âthe smiling childâ is a participle.
1 As modifiers of nouns, present and past participles of verbs function very much like adjectives. 2  Indeed, they are sometimes regarded as adjectives when they modify nouns. 3  A present participle attributes a quality of action to the noun, which is viewed as undertaking the action, as retreating of legs in [109].efinition. A participle is a verbal that functions as an adjective. Adjective: participial. Present participles end in-ing (carrying, sharing, tapping).