encumber

Meanings

• verb

  To burden or obstruct (someone or something) with additional responsibilities, obligations, or impediments.

  - "The new project encumbered the team with additional work."
  - "The debt encumbered the family with financial difficulties."

• verb

  To make (a ship or aircraft) less maneuverable by adding weight or equipment.

  - "The military plane was encumbered with extra fuel tanks."
  - "The cargo ship was encumbered by heavy loads."

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Antonyms

disencumber , unencumber , unload

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with encumber
tumber , umber , number , bummer , plumber

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Homophones

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1. Encounter (English) : an event or experience that one undergoes or comes across
   

2. Embarrass (English) : to make (someone) feel uncomfortable or awkward
   

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Variants

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encumber , encumbered , encumbering , encumbers

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Forms

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encumbers, encumbered, encumbering

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Etymology

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From Old French encolber, from en- 'in' + colber 'to shield, protect'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'encumber' is often used in legal and financial contexts to describe the state of being burdened with debt or obligations.

2. In the game 'Minecraft', players can 'encumber' themselves by carrying too many items, making it harder to move and jump.

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Related Concepts

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1. Burden: A weight or load that is carried or borne.

2. Obstacle: Something that impedes or prevents progress.

3. Responsibility: A duty or obligation that one has to fulfill.

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Culture

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In literature, 'encumber' is often used metaphorically to describe a burden or obstacle that prevents progress or success. For example, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth laments, 'What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would bear the whips and scorns of time, the oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, the pangs of despised love, the law's delay, the insolence of office, and the spurns that patient merit of the unworthy takes, when he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary life, but that the dread of something after death, the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns, puzzles the will and makes us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of?'

How to Memorize "encumber"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a heavy load being placed on top of something or someone, making it harder to move or function.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'encumber' with the feeling of being weighed down or burdened.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic phrase, such as 'Encumber: En-cumbers Under Burdens And Makes Progress Extremely Slowly'.

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