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kuormittaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • encumber verb To load down something with a burden.
  • freight noun Goods transported in bulk by ship, train, truck, or aircraft.
  • load verb To put a quantity of goods, cargo, or material onto or into something for transport or storage.
  • overload verb To load something with more than it can safely or properly handle.
  • saddle noun A leather seat fitted to the back of a horse or other animal for a rider.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
  • weight noun How heavy someone or something is.

Senses

kuormittaa is used for these senses in English:

  • freight To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.
  • load (transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
  • overload (transitive, object-oriented) To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
  • saddle (often, passive) Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
  • strain (transitive) To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
  • weight (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.

encumber — full definition

  1. verb To load down something with a burden.
  2. verb To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.
  3. verb To burden with a legal claim or other obligation.

freight — full definition

  1. noun Goods transported in bulk by ship, train, truck, or aircraft.
  2. verb To transport goods, or to load a vehicle or vessel with cargo.

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