Definition of cumber

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cum·ber    (kmbr) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
cum·bered, cum·ber·ing, cum·bers

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.

NOUN:

A hindrance; an encumbrance.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English combren, to annoy, from Old French combrer, from combre, hindrance, from Vulgar Latin *comboros, of Celtic origin

OTHER FORMS:
cumber·er(Noun)