Once the play starts, the defensive players tend to collapse towards the action, preventing forward motion of the rush, or blocking a pass.

They may either absorb the force of a moving door, or hold the door in place to prevent unintended motion.

When warmed in place the resulting interference fit prevents motion.

Something prevented motion; something was binding her elbow.

The centreboard prevents lateral motion and allows the boat to sail upwind.

Since we are miniaturized, there are theoretical reasons that prevent Brownian motion from getting very bad.

Both methods intend to prevent relative sideways motion between the axle and body of the car.

These will have viscous dampers to prevent excessive motion in response to wind gusts.

As these two rough surfaces move against each other they get stuck and prevent motion until the asperities are broken or slid over.

It prevents linear motion without the corresponding rotation.