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cumber
cum·ber C0802400 (kŭm′bər)tr.v. 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.n. A hindrance; an encumbrance.
[Middle English combren, to annoy, from Old French combrer, from combre, hindrance, from Vulgar Latin *comboros, of Celtic origin.]
cum′ber·er n.cumber (ˈkʌmbə) vb (tr) 1. to obstruct or hinder2. obsolete to inconveniencena hindrance or burden[C13: probably from Old French combrer to impede, prevent, from combre barrier; see encumber] ˈcumberer ncum•ber (ˈkʌm bər)
v.t. 1. to hinder; hamper. 2. to overload; burden. 3. to inconvenience; trouble. n. 4. a hindrance. 5. something that cumbers. 6. Archaic. embarrassment; trouble. [1250–1300; Middle English cumbre (n.), cumbren (v.), aph. variant of acumbren to harass, defeat; see encumber] cum′ber•er, n. cum′ber•ment, n. cumber
Past participle: cumbered
Gerund: cumbering
| Present |
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| I cumber | | you cumber | | he/she/it cumbers | | we cumber | | you cumber | | they cumber |
| Preterite |
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| I cumbered | | you cumbered | | he/she/it cumbered | | we cumbered | | you cumbered | | they cumbered |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am cumbering | | you are cumbering | | he/she/it is cumbering | | we are cumbering | | you are cumbering | | they are cumbering |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have cumbered | | you have cumbered | | he/she/it has cumbered | | we have cumbered | | you have cumbered | | they have cumbered |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was cumbering | | you were cumbering | | he/she/it was cumbering | | we were cumbering | | you were cumbering | | they were cumbering |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had cumbered | | you had cumbered | | he/she/it had cumbered | | we had cumbered | | you had cumbered | | they had cumbered |
| Future |
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| I will cumber | | you will cumber | | he/she/it will cumber | | we will cumber | | you will cumber | | they will cumber |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have cumbered | | you will have cumbered | | he/she/it will have cumbered | | we will have cumbered | | you will have cumbered | | they will have cumbered |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be cumbering | | you will be cumbering | | he/she/it will be cumbering | | we will be cumbering | | you will be cumbering | | they will be cumbering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been cumbering | | you have been cumbering | | he/she/it has been cumbering | | we have been cumbering | | you have been cumbering | | they have been cumbering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been cumbering | | you will have been cumbering | | he/she/it will have been cumbering | | we will have been cumbering | | you will have been cumbering | | they will have been cumbering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been cumbering | | you had been cumbering | | he/she/it had been cumbering | | we had been cumbering | | you had been cumbering | | they had been cumbering |
| Conditional |
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| I would cumber | | you would cumber | | he/she/it would cumber | | we would cumber | | you would cumber | | they would cumber |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have cumbered | | you would have cumbered | | he/she/it would have cumbered | | we would have cumbered | | you would have cumbered | | they would have cumbered |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | cumber - hold backconstrain, encumber, restrainconfine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"bridle - put a bridle on; "bridle horses"curb - keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"clog - impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses were clogged until they were tamed" |
cumberverbTo place a burden or heavy load on:burden, charge, encumber, freight, lade, load, saddle, tax, weight.cumber
Related to cumber: CumberlandSynonyms for cumberverb to place a burden or heavy load onSynonyms- burden
- charge
- encumber
- freight
- lade
- load
- saddle
- tax
- weight
Synonyms for cumberverb hold backSynonyms- constrain
- encumber
- restrain
Related Words- confine
- limit
- throttle
- trammel
- restrain
- restrict
- bound
- bridle
- curb
- clog
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