English-Thai Dictionary

encumber

VT กีดขวาง  ขัดขวาง  hamper hinder impede kid-kwang

 

encumber with

PHRV กีดขวาง  กั้น ขวาง ด้วย  ถ่วง ด้วย  ทำให้ เป็น ภาระ ด้วย  kid-kwang

 

encumber with

PHRV ทำให้ ระเกะระกะ ไป ด้วย  ทำให้ เต็มไปด้วย  ทำให้ รก ไป ด้วย  tam-hai-ra-ke-ra-ka-pai-duai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENCUMBER

v.t. 1. To load; to clog; to impede motion with a load, burden or any thing inconvenient to the limbs; to render motion or operation difficult or laborious.
2. To embarrass; to perplex; to obstruct.
3. To load with debts; as, an estate is encumbered with mortgages, or with a widow's dower.

 

ENCUMBERED

pp. Loaded; impeded in motion or operation, by a burden or difficulties; loaded with debts.

 

ENCUMBERING

ppr. Loading; clogging; rendering motion or operation difficult; loading with debts.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENCUMBER

En *cum "ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encumbered; p. pr. & vb. n.Encumbering. ] Etym: [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in ) + OF. combrer to hinder. See Cumber, and cf. Incumber. ] [Written also incumber. ]

 

1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. Hooker.

 

2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.

 

Syn. -- To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block.

 

ENCUMBERMENT

En *cum "ber *ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. encombrement. ]

 

Defn: Encumbrance. [R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

encumber

en cum ber |enˈkəmbər ɪnˈkəmbər | ▶verb [ with obj. ] restrict or burden (someone or something ) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult: she was encumbered by her heavy skirts | they had arrived encumbered with families. • saddle (a person or estate ) with a debt or mortgage: an estate heavily encumbered with debt. • fill or block up (a place ): we tripped over sticks and stones, which encumber most of the trail. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘cause trouble to, entangle ’; formerly also as incumber ): from Old French encombrer ‘block up, ’ from en- ‘in ’ + combre ‘river barrage. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

encumber

encumber |ɪnˈkʌmbə, ɛn- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] restrict or impede (someone or something ) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult: she was encumbered by her heavy skirts | they had arrived encumbered with families. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘cause trouble to, entangle ’; formerly also as incumber ): from Old French encombrer ‘block up ’, from en- ‘in ’ + combre ‘river barrage ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

encumber

encumber verb 1 her movements were encumbered by her heavy skirts: hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede, cramp, inhibit, restrict, limit, constrain, restrain, bog down, retard, slow (down ); inconvenience, disadvantage, handicap. 2 they are encumbered with debt: burden, load, weigh down, saddle; overwhelm, tax, stress, strain, overload, overburden.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

encumber

encumber verb 1 her movements were encumbered by her heavy skirts: hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede, check, cramp, inhibit, restrict, limit, constrain, restrain, bog down, retard, slow, slow down, stall, delay; inconvenience, disadvantage, handicap. ANTONYMS aid, facilitate. 2 they are heavily encumbered with debt: burden, load, weigh down, saddle; tax, overtax, stress, strain, overwhelm, overload, overburden; Brit. informal lumber; literary trammel.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

encumber

en cum ber /ɪnkʌ́mbə r /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 «…で » 〈人など 〉をじゃまする, 妨げる «by , with » (!しばしば受け身で ) .2 〖be ～ed 〗〈場所が 〉 «…で » いっぱいで身動きならない «by , with » .