Cumber

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  • transitive verb. To weigh down; burden.
  • transitive verb. To hamper or hinder, as by being in the way.
  • transitive verb. To litter; clutter up.
  • transitive verb. To bother; distress.
  • noun. A hindrance; an encumbrance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To burden or obstruct with or as with a load or weight, or any impediment; load excessively or uselessly; press upon; choke up; clog.
  • To be a clog to; hinder by obstruction; hamper in movement.
  • To trouble; perplex; embarrass; distract.
  • noun. That which cumbers; a burden; a hindrance; an obstruction.
  • noun. Embarrassment; disturbance; distress; trouble.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Trouble; embarrassment; distress.
  • transitive verb. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To slow down, to hinder, to burden.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. hold back
    • cross-reference
    hinder  
    Form
    cumbered  cumbering  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bound  confine  limit  restrain  restrict  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    bridle  clog  curb  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Humber  encumber  lumber  number  outnumber  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Band-Aid  asmimàna  biocontrol  boggart  bunion  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Embarrass  burden  distress  embarrassment  encumber  
    variant
    comber  
    verb-form
    cumbered  cumbering  cumbers  
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