Cumber

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To weigh down; burden: was cumbered with many duties.
  • v. To hamper or hinder, as by being in the way: was cumbered with a long poncho.
  • v. To litter; clutter up: Weeds cumbered the garden paths.
  • v. Archaic To bother; distress.
  • n. A hindrance; an encumbrance.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To slow down, to hinder, to burden.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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.
  • n. Trouble; embarrassment; distress.
    • 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.
  • n. That which cumbers; a burden; a hindrance; an obstruction.
  • n. Embarrassment; disturbance; distress; trouble.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. hold back
    • Verb Form
    cumbered    cumbering    cumbers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    limit    throttle    trammel    restrain    bound    restrict    confine   
    Cross Reference
    hinder   
    Variant
    comber   
    Hyponym
    bridle    curb    clog   
    Form
    cumbered    cumbering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Embarrass    trouble    embarrassment    distress    hamper    burden    encumber   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Humber    encumber    lumber    number    outnumber    slumber    unencumber   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    biocontrol    bunion    nasality    encumbering    contradictoriness    tunnage    froggy    clunker    doper    asmimàna   
     
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