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cumber /ˈkʌmbə /verb [with object] dated1Hamper or hinder: they were cumbered with greatcoats and swords...- He cumbers himself never about consequences, about interests: he gives an independent, genuine verdict.
- That's what I am cumbered with but I have come here to do a job that the people have committed me to do.
- But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?
1.1Obstruct (a path or space): the road was clean and dry and not still cumbered by slush noun archaicA hindrance, obstruction, or burden: a cumber of limestone rocks Origin Middle English (in the sense 'overthrow, destroy'): probably from encumber. Rhymes Columba, encumber, Humber, lumbar, lumber, number, outnumber, rumba, slumber, umber |