"encumbered" meaning in All languages combined

See encumbered on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈkʌmbəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encumbered.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more encumbered [comparative], most encumbered [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} encumbered (comparative more encumbered, superlative most encumbered)
  1. Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow. Translations (weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow): behindert (German), belastet (German), verschuldet (German), lastrado (Spanish), belastad (Swedish), handikappad (Swedish), hindrad (Swedish), mânî olunmuş (Turkish), yoluna taş koyulmuş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-encumbered-en-adj-TiXud-nq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 17 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 15 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 7 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 68 24 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 75 16 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 69 23 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 69 23 8 Disambiguation of 'weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow': 97 3
  2. Burdened by financial debt, mortgages, or other legal obligations.
    Sense id: en-encumbered-en-adj-mdxAJiiu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: encumberedness Related terms: encumber, cumber

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈkʌmbəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encumbered.wav [Southern-England]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} encumbered
  1. simple past and past participle of encumber Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: encumber
    Sense id: en-encumbered-en-verb-g2Wkrp~0
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