- to impede or hinder; hamper: Red tape encumbers all our attempts at action.
- to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous: a mind encumbered with trivial and useless information.
- to burden or weigh down: She was encumbered with a suitcase and several packages.
- to burden with obligations, debt, etc.
- to hinder or impede; make difficult; hamper
- to fill with superfluous or useless matter
- to burden with debts, obligations, etc
