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   cumber

   /ˈkʌmbə/

   verb

   • 1. hamper or hinder: dated "they were cumbered with greatcoats and swords"
   • ▪ obstruct (a path or space): dated "the road was clean and dry and not still cumbered by slush"

   noun

   • 1. a hindrance, obstruction, or burden: archaic "a cumber of limestone rocks"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘overthrow, destroy’): probably from encumber.

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   What does the word Cumber mean?

   • 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, "obstruction," and its root, meaning "to carry."

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   What does cumbered mean?

   • 1. To weigh down; burden: was cumbered with many duties. 2. To hamper or hinder, as by being in the way: was cumbered with a long poncho. 3. To litter; clutter up: Weeds cumbered the garden paths. 4. Archaic To bother; distress. n. A hindrance; an encumbrance.

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   What does cumbersome mean?

   • Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy . Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production. Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with. A slave’s work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

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   What does combren mean in English?

   • Middle English combren, short for acombren, from Anglo-French acumbrer, encumbrer — more at encumber 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 14th century, in the meaning defined above “Cumber.”

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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!

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   (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʌmbə/

   Rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ)

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   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”).

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   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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   1. 'cumber

   Noun

   cumber (plural cumbers) 1. (colloquial) Clipping of cucumber.

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   Cumber can be a verb meaning to slow down, hinder, or burden, or a noun meaning trouble, distress, or a clipping of cucumber. Learn about its pronunciation, etymology, synonyms, and translations.

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   Cumber is a noun that means burden, load, or difficulty. Find 78 similar and opposite words for cumber, such as delay, danger, hazard, and incentive, in this online thesaurus.