cumber

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 See also 1.2.3 Related terms 1.2.4 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /"kVmb@/

[edit] Verb

to cumber (third-person singular simple present cumbers, present participle cumbering, simple past and past participle cumbered)

1. (transitive) (dated) To slow down, to hinder, to burden.

   1886 Scott, Sir Walter The Fortunes of Nigel. Pub.: Adams & Charles Black, Edinburgh; p321:

   • ...the base villian who murdered this poor defenceless old man, when he had not, by the course of nature, a twelvemonth's life in him, shall not cumber the earth long after him.

[edit] Synonyms

• encumber

[edit] See also

• Wikisaurus:hinder

[edit] Related terms

• cumbersome
• cumbrous
• encumbrance
• cumberground

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: затруднявам, обременявам