Cumber

Word CUMBER
Character 6
Hyphenation cum ber
Pronunciations /ˈkʌmbə/

Definitions and meanings of "Cumber"

What do we mean by cumber?

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. transitive verb

A hindrance; an encumbrance. noun

That which cumbers; a burden; a hindrance; an obstruction. noun

Embarrassment; disturbance; distress; trouble. noun

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.

Trouble; embarrassment; distress. noun

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. transitive verb

To slow down, to hinder, to burden. verb

Hold back verb

To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cumber

The word "cumber" in example sentences

The word cumber here means to render barren or sterile. ❋ Unknown (1949)

Such trifles at best come under the head of what old Warner would have called cumber-minds. ❋ James Russell Lowell (1855)

He made this plea, not with an armoury of Greek learning, such as cumber Virgil and Horace, but with an original passion. ❋ 54 BC-19 BC Tibullus (N/A)

Whereupon the hawker took a "cumber" from his barrow, bit off the end, and chewed it till the sap squirted. ❋ Unknown (1907)

It wasn't a hunting theme but the groom and groomsmen did were camo cumber buns. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When a man is free much may go unquestioned, which, should he be rash enough to cumber himself with domestic ties, society will instantly challenge. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And, while it is not nice that these men should die, it is ordained that they must die, and we should not quarrel with them if they cumber our highways and kitchen stoops with their perambulating carcasses. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In this painting, t looks like the vest or cumber band they wore as a bodice outside the peasant blouse, was of tapestry or a colorful print. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Why should they cumber their strength with his weakness? ❋ Unknown (2010)

I carry a 4 gallon plactic milk carton on the back rack to hold my other junk and teh cumber long fis inside just right. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A mean window with a dingy cretonne curtain, a single bed still made-up with sheets and blankets but with the counterpane pulled taut over the single lumpy pillow; books lining two walls; a small bedside table with a shoddy lamp; a Bible; a cumber - some and gaudily decorated china ashtray bearing an advertisement for beer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Kind of like you, cool under pressure, cool as a cumber. ❋ Unknown (2009)

MOOS: She was waving fake bloody hands at a cool as a cumber Condoleezza Rice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

MEADE: I wasn't worried about him, because he's just cool as a cumber. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And Jeremy writes: "For a guy who has walked into hell, he seems cool as a cumber." ❋ Unknown (2009)

On Friday morning see www. cumber.com for the graphic depiction of the Fed's new balance sheet. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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