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 Definitions of cumber  [ˈkʌm bər]  

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Definition of 'cumber' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) cumber
to hinder; hamper.

2.  cumber
to overload; burden.

3.  cumber
to inconvenience; trouble.

4. (n.) cumber
a hindrance.

5.  cumber
something that cumbers.

6.  cumber
Archaic. embarrassment; trouble.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME cumbre (n.), cumbren (v.), aph. var. of acumbren to harass, defeat; see encumber)

Definition of 'cumber' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain
hold back


Definition of 'cumber' Webster Dictionary 

1.  cumber
trouble; embarrassment; distress

2. (verb) cumber
to rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble



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