Cumber
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkʌmbə/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Cumber is a verb meaning (transitive, dated) To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.
Meaning
(transitive, dated) To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.
More Meanings
- Something that encumbers; a hindrance, a burden.
- (colloquial) Clipping of cucumber.
- (obsolete) Trouble, distress.
Example Sentences
Why had he not killed himself long ago? Why cumbered he the earth?
Why asks he what avails him not in fight, / And would but cumber and retard his flight?
The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, […] but cumbers the memory.
Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, / Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber!
Word Forms
- cumbers
- cumbering
- cumbered
- cumbre
Synonyms for cumber
Depending on context, synonyms include encumber, constrain, restrain.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include encumber, restrain, constrain, cumbre, incumber, incomber.
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