Definition of Cumber
Cum´ber
Pronunciation:
k?m´b?r
v. t.
1.
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
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Cumbered
(-b?
rd
)
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Cumbering
.]
Why
asks
he
what
avails
him
not
in
fight
,
And
would
but
cumber
and
retard
his
flight
?
- Dryden.
Martha
was
cumbered
about
much
serving
.
- Luke x. 40.
Cut
it
down
;
why
cumbereth
it
the
ground
?
- Luke xiii. 7.
The
multiplying
variety
of
arguments
,
especially
frivolous
ones
, . . .
but
cumbers
the
memory
.
- Locke.
n.
1.
Trouble
;
embarrassment
;
distress
.
A
place
of
much
distraction
and
cumber
.
- Sir H. Wotton.
Sage
counsel
in
cumber
.
- Sir W. Scott.
Related Words
bound
,
bridle
,
clog
,
confine
,
constrain
,
curb
,
encumber
,
limit
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
throttle
,
trammel
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