vverb.contactrestrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficultSynset:cumber encumber restrain
Derivationally Related Form:restrainer
Hypernyms:bound confine limit restrict throttle trammel
Inherited Hypernyms:restrainrestrict
Direct Hyponyms:bridleclogcurb
Full Troponyms:bridleclogcurbsnaffle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adjadj.allloaded to excess or impeded by a heavy loadExamples:- a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels - A.J.Liebling
- a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack
- an encumbered estate
Antonyms:unencumbered
Inherited Hypernyms:encumbered
Similar to:burdened heavy-laden loaded down clogged involved mired mortgaged