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View usage for: (ɪnkʌmbəʳ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense encumbers, present participle encumbering, past tense, past participle encumbered1. verbIf 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] It is still labouring under the debt burden that it was encumbered with in the 1980s. [be VERB-ed + with] Synonyms: burden, load, embarrass, saddle More Synonyms of encumber encumbered adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] The rest of the world is less encumbered with legislation. [+ with/by] I'm sure we all wish to be less encumbered by rules which we think unnecessary andrestricting. 2. verbIf a place is encumbered with things, it contains so many of them that it is difficult to move freely there. The narrow quay was encumbered by hundreds of carts. [be VERB-ed preposition] More Synonyms of encumber encumber in British English or incumber (ɪnˈkʌmbə) verb (transitive)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 Derived forms encumberingly (enˈcumberingly) or incumberingly (inˈcumberingly) adverb Word origin C14: from Old French encombrer, from en-1 + combre a barrier, from Late Latin combrus, of uncertain origin encumber in American English (ɛnˈkʌmbər; ɪnˈkʌmbər) verb transitive1. to hold back the motion or action of, as with a burden; hinder; hamper 2. to fill in such a way as to obstruct; block up; obstruct 3. to load or weigh down, as with claims, debts, etc.; burden Word origin ME encombren < OFr encombrer: see en- 1 & cumber Synonyms of 'encumber'burden, load, embarrass, saddle hamper, restrict, handicap, slow down More Synonyms of encumber Definition to burden with a load or with debts The company is still labouring under the debt burden that it was encumbered with ten years ago. Definition to hinder or impede fishermen encumbered with bulky clothing and boots Synonyms slow down inconvenience weigh down trammel incommode (formal) Additional synonymsDefinition to obstruct or become obstructed with thick or sticky matter The traffic clogged the Thames bridges. Synonyms obstruct, block, jam, hamper, hinder, impede, bung, stop up, dam up, occlude (formal), congest Definition to confine or restrict She was worried that her dad would cramp her style. Synonyms restrict, hamper, inhibit, hinder, check, handicap, confine, hamstring, constrain, obstruct, impede, shackle, circumscribe, encumberDefinition to make it difficult for (someone) to do something Greater levels of stress may seriously handicap some students. Synonyms hinder, limit, restrict, burden, hamstring, hamper, hold back, retard, impede, hobble, encumber, place at a disadvantage - encouraging
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