Definition of "cumber" [cum•ber]

To weigh down; burden: was cumbered with many duties. (verb-transitive)
To hamper or hinder, as by being in the way: was cumbered with a long poncho. (verb-transitive)
To litter; clutter up: Weeds cumbered the garden paths. (verb-transitive)
Archaic To bother; distress. (verb-transitive)
A hindrance; an encumbrance. (noun)

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Use "cumber" in a sentence

"The word cumber here means to render barren or sterile."
"Such trifles at best come under the head of what old Warner would have called cumber-minds."
"He made this plea, not with an armoury of Greek learning, such as cumber Virgil and Horace, but with an original passion."

Words like "cumber"

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cumbersome cumbrous encumbrance limit

restrain restrict throttle trammel