cumber

cum·ber

to hinder by obstruction or interference; hamper
to burden in a troublesome way
Obs. to perplex or distress

Origin of cumber

Middle English combren, aphetic from acombren from Old French encombrer from en- (see en-) + combre, obstruction, barrier from Vulgar Latin an unverified form comboros, something brought together, ultimately (? via Gaul) from Indo-European an unverified form kom (see com-) + base an unverified form bher-, bear

anything that cumbers

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cumber

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 of cumber

Middle English combren to annoy from Old French combrer from combre hindrance from Vulgar Latin comboros of Celtic origin

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cum′ber·er
noun

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present cumbers, present participle cumbering, simple past and past participle cumbered)

(dated) To slow down, to hinder, to burden.

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Origin

From the Middle English combren.

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