Encumber
11encumber — en|cum|ber [ınˈkʌmbə US ər] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: encombrer, from combre something that prevents movement ] formal to make it difficult for you to do something or for something to happen = ↑burden ▪ He died …
12encumber — [[t]ɪnkʌ̱mbə(r)[/t]] encumbers, encumbering, encumbered 1) VERB If you are encumbered by something, it prevents you from moving freely or doing what you want. [V n] No soldiers ever marched with less to encumber them... [be V ed with n] It is… …
13encumber — encumberingly, adv. /en kum beuhr/, v.t. 1. to impede or hinder; hamper; retard: Red tape encumbers all our attempts at action. 2. to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous: a mind encumbered with trivial and useless information …
14encumber — verb a) to load down something with a burden b) to restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment Ant: disencumber, unload …
15encumber — Synonyms and related words: add, adjoin, affix, agglutinate, annex, append, attach, bear hard upon, block, burden, burthen, charge, clog, complicate, conjoin, cramp, cripple, cumber, decorate, discommode, embarrass, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle,… …
16encumber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. burden, hamper, load, clog, oppress; obstruct, hinder, impede, embarrass, retard, check, handicap. See hindrance, difficulty, debt. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. burden, hamper, obstruct, weigh down; see …
17encumber — en|cum|ber [ ın kʌmbər ] verb transitive FORMAL 1. ) if something large, heavy, tight, etc. encumbers you, it prevents you from moving normally: be encumbered by/with something: They were encumbered with heavy suitcases and could not run. 2. ) to …
18encumber — en·cum·ber || ɪn kÊŒmbÉ™ v. burden, weigh down, hamper, hinder, impede (also incumber) …
19encumber — [ɪn kʌmbə, ɛn ] verb impede or burden. Origin ME: from OFr. encombrer block up , from en in + combre river barrage …
20encumber — v. a. 1. Load, clog, oppress, impede, hinder, obstruct, overload, burden. 2. Embarrass, perplex, entangle, involve, complicate …
