DISENCUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disencumber mean? 

• DISENCUMBER (verb)
  The verb DISENCUMBER has 1 sense:

1. release from entanglement of difficulty

  Familiarity information: DISENCUMBER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISENCUMBER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they disencumber    ... he / she / it disencumbers   
Past simple: disencumbered   
Past participle: disencumbered   
-ing form: disencumbering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Release from entanglement of difficulty

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

disencumber; disentangle; extricate; untangle

Context example:

I cannot extricate myself from this task

Hypernyms (to "disencumber" is one way to...):

disengage; free (free or remove obstruction from)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

 Context examples 

But this was not the time for delay; I disencumbered the dogs of their dead companion, gave them a plentiful portion of food, and after an hour’s rest, which was absolutely necessary, and yet which was bitterly irksome to me, I continued my route.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)