Definitions
1.nounA large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals"a clothes hamper"
2.noun(uncommon except in) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper
3.verbTo put into a hamper."Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts."
4.nounA shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
5.nounArticles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
6.verbTo put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle
7.verbTo impede in motion or progress.