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cumber
[ kuhm-ber ]
verb (used with object)
- to hinder; hamper.
- to overload; burden.
- to inconvenience; trouble.
noun
- a hindrance.
- something that cumbers.
- Archaic. embarrassment; trouble.
cumber
/ ˈkʌmbə /
verb
- to obstruct or hinder
- obsolete.to inconvenience
noun
- a hindrance or burden
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Derived Forms
- ˈcumberer, noun
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Other Words From
- cumber·er noun
- cumber·ment noun
- over·cumber verb (used with object)
- un·cumbered adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cumber1
C13: probably from Old French combrer to impede, prevent, from combre barrier; see encumber
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Example Sentences
There is no specimen at present in the Museum, the one stuffed by Miss Cumber having, as above mentioned, disappeared.
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God had, at any rate, decreed that this man should not cumber it as a drone.
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My followers have fled, though I am glad to see some of the hare-livered dogs cumber the ground.
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I believe,' said she smiling, though she sighed too, 'that I am still to cumber the ground a little longer.
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There is (p. 361) no picturesque decay in London; what is not of use must go: it dare not cumber the precious ground.
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