ENCUMBER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they encumber ... he / she / it encumbers

Past simple: encumbered

Past participle: encumbered

-ing form: encumbering

Meaning:

Restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult

Synonyms:

cumber; encumber; restrain

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "encumber" is one way to...):

bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "encumber"):

bridle (put a bridle on)

curb (keep to the curb)

clog (impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something