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.
A participial phrase is a group of words consisting of a participle and the modifier(s) and/or (pro)noun(s) or noun phrase(s) that function as the direct object(s), indirect object(s), or complement(s) of the action or state expressed in the participle, such as: Removing his coat, Jack rushed to the river. A participle is a verbal ending in-ing (present) or-ed, -en, -d, -t, -n, or-ne (past) that functions as an adjective, modifying a noun or pronoun. 2  A participial phrase consists of a participle plus modifier(s), object(s), and/or complement(s).