cumber
to hinder; hamper.
to overload; burden.
to inconvenience; trouble.
a hindrance.
something that cumbers.
Archaic. embarrassment; trouble.
Origin of cumber
1Other words from cumber
- cum·ber·er, noun
- cum·ber·ment, noun
- o·ver·cum·ber, verb (used with object)
- un·cum·bered, adjective
Words Nearby cumber
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How to use cumber in a sentence
There is no specimen at present in the Museum, the one stuffed by Miss cumber having, as above mentioned, disappeared.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) | Cecil SmithGod had, at any rate, decreed that this man should not cumber it as a drone.
The Romany Rye | George BorrowMy followers have fled, though I am glad to see some of the hare-livered dogs cumber the ground.
The Great Mogul | Louis TracyI believe,' said she smiling, though she sighed too, 'that I am still to cumber the ground a little longer.
Discipline | Mary BruntonThere is (p. 361) no picturesque decay in London; what is not of use must go: it dare not cumber the precious ground.
Highways and Byways in London | Mrs. E. T. Cook.
British Dictionary definitions for cumber
/ (ˈkʌmbə) /
to obstruct or hinder
obsolete to inconvenience
a hindrance or burden
Origin of cumber
1Derived forms of cumber
- cumberer, noun
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