cumber
transitive verb
- to hinder by obstruction or interference; hamper
- to burden in a troublesome way
- Obsolete to perplex or distress
noun
anything that cumbers
See cumber in American Heritage Dictionary 4
cum·ber
transitive verb cum·bered,
cum·ber·ing,
cum·bers - To weigh down; burden: was cumbered with many duties.
- To hamper or hinder, as by being in the way: was cumbered with a long poncho.
- To litter; clutter up: Weeds cumbered the garden paths.
- Archaic To bother; distress.
noun A hindrance; an encumbrance.
Origin: Middle English combren, to annoy, from Old French combrer, from combre, hindrance, from Vulgar Latin *comboros, of Celtic origin.
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