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verb
- 1. restrict or impede (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult: "she was encumbered by her heavy skirts" Similar Opposite
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ENCUMBER definition: 1. to weigh someone or something down, or to make it difficult for someone to do something: 2. to…. Learn more.
1. : weigh down, burden. tourists encumbered by heavy luggage. 2. : to impede or hamper the function or activity of : hinder. negotiations encumbered by a lack of trust. 3. : to burden with a legal claim (such as a mortgage) encumber an estate. Did you know? Encumber Has French Roots.
ENCUMBER meaning: 1. to weigh someone or something down, or to make it difficult for someone to do something: 2. to…. Learn more.
To encumber is to weigh someone or something down with a physical or psychological burden. You may find yourself encumbered by a heavy backpack or with anxieties. Either way, it's a heavy load to bear!
to hinder or impede; make difficult; hamper. his stupidity encumbers his efforts to learn. encumbered with parcels after going shopping at Christmas. to fill with superfluous or useless matter. to burden with debts, obligations, etc.
(ɪnkʌmbəʳ ) Word forms: encumbers , encumbering , encumbered. 1. verb. If you are encumbered by something, it prevents you from moving freely or doing what you want. Lead weights and air cylinders encumbered the divers as they walked to the shore. [VERB noun]
Definition of encumber verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to hinder or impede; make difficult; hamper: encumbered with parcels after going shopping at Christmas; his stupidity encumbers his efforts to learn. 2. to fill with superfluous or useless matter. 3. to burden with debts, obligations, etc.
1. If you are encumbered by something, it prevents you from moving freely or doing what you want. [...] 2. If a place is encumbered with things, it contains so many of them that it is difficult to move freely there. [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'encumber' British English: ɪnkʌmbəʳ American English: ɪnkʌmbər. More.
encumber. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English en‧cum‧ber /ɪnˈkʌmbə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] formal to make it difficult for you to do something or for something to happen SYN burden He died in 1874, heavily encumbered by debt. be encumbered with something The whole process was encumbered with bureaucracy.
