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- DictionaryCum·ber/ˈkəmbər/
verb
- 1. hamper or hinder (someone or something): dated "they were cumbered with greatcoats and swords"
noun
- 1. a hindrance, obstruction, or burden: archaic "a cumber of limestone rocks"
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To cumber is to make something more difficult or burdensome. Don't cumber yourself by trying to carry all those tote bags through the airport — get a rolling suitcase instead! The old-fashioned verb cumber is rarely used these days, but you still see hints of it in words like cumbersome and unencumbered. It derives from the Old French combre ...
2 days ago · Definition of 'cumber' Word Frequency. cumber in British English. (ˈkʌmbə ) verb (transitive) 1. to obstruct or hinder. 2. obsolete. to inconvenience. noun. 3. a hindrance or burden. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. cumberer (ˈcumberer) noun. Word origin.
verb (used with object) to hinder; hamper. to overload; burden. to inconvenience; trouble. See more. noun. a hindrance. something that cumbers. Archaic. embarrassment; trouble. See more. Origin of cumber. 1250–1300; Middle English cumbre (noun), cumbren (v.), aphetic variant of acumbren to harass, defeat; see encumber. Other words from cumber.
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(UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʌmbə/Rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ)From Middle English combren, borrowed from the second element of Old French encombrer, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kombereti (“to bring together”), from *kom- + *bereti (“to bear”). Cognate with German kümmern (“to take care of”).
From Middle English komber, kumbre (“distress; destruction”). According to the Oxford English Dictionary (1st edition, 1893; entry not updated yet), used early in the 14th century in the very scarcely attested “destruction” sense, but not common till the 16th century, and then at first chiefly Scots, where it is also spelt cummer. It states that th...
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Noun
cumber (plural cumbers) 1. (colloquial) Clipping of cucumber.
Cumber Definition. To burden in a troublesome way. To hinder by obstruction or interference; hamper. To litter; clutter up. Weeds cumbered the garden paths. To perplex or distress. A hindrance; an encumbrance. Anything that cumbers.
noun. Definition of cumber. as in burden. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. burden. load. delay. danger. peril. hazard. reef. stall. embargo. hardship. drawback. difficulty. disadvantage. stoppage. holdup. curb. let. stone wall. brake. barrier. constraint.
The meaning of cumber. Definition of cumber. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.
