Definition of cumber

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Cumber (v. t.) 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..

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Gherkin :: Gherkin (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles..
Cumbersome :: Cumbersome (a.) Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine..
Encumber :: Encumber (v. t.) To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning..
Handicap :: Handicap (v. t.) To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped..
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
Incumbered :: Incumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Incumbe.
Incumbrous :: Incumbrous (a.) Cumbersome; troublesome.
Lug :: Lug (v. i.) To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome..
Light :: Light (superl.) Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift..
Scummer :: Scummer (v. i.) To scumber.
Encomber :: Encomber (v. t.) See Encumber.
Disburden :: Disburden (v. t.) To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.
Hamper :: Hamper (v. t.) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber..
Discumber :: Discumber (v. t.) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
Sea Cucumber :: Sea cucumber () Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American and European species. (P. frondosa)..
Cumbrian :: Cumbrian (a.) Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there..
Crowd :: Crowd (v. t.) To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity..
Bemoil :: Bemoil (v. t.) To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.
Elater :: Elater (n.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative..
Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements..
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