encumber

From Wiktionary

Pronunciation[change]

  • IPA (key): /ɪnˈkʌmbə(r)/ or /ɛnˈkʌmbə(r)/
  • (file)

Verb[change]

Plain form
encumber

Third-person singular
encumbers

Past tense
encumbered

Past participle
encumbered

Present participle
encumbering

  1. (transitive) If you encumber someone, you restrict them in a way that it makes their movement difficult.