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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Trepang :: Trepang (n.) Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also beche de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug..
Encumber :: Encumber (v. t.) To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages..
Unclog :: Unclog (v. t.) To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and obstructions; to free from encumbrances; to set at liberty..
Light :: Light (superl.) Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift..
Discumber :: Discumber (v. t.) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
Cumbering :: Cumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cumbe.
Unincumbered :: Unincumbered (a.) Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower..
Saddle :: Saddle (v. t.) Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways..
Wood-bound :: Wood-bound (a.) Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows..
Gourd :: Gourd (n.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes..
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..
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.
Scummer :: Scummer (v. i.) To scumber.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment..
Encumbered :: Encumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Encumbe.
Cumbrian :: Cumbrian (a.) Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there..
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)..
Bemire :: Bemire (v. t.) To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt..
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..
Turnwrest :: Turnwrest (n.) Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent..
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