[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cumber \cum"ber\ k?m"b?r, v. t. imp.  p. p. cumbered
   -b?rd; p. pr.  vb. n. cumbering. oe. combren,
   cumbren,of. combrer to hinder, from ll. cumbrus a heap, fr.
   l. cumulus; cf. skr. ?? to increase, grow strong. cf.
   cumulate.
   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.
   1913 webster

         why asks he what avails him not in fight,
         and would but cumber and retard his flight? --dryden.
   1913 webster

         martha was cumbered about much serving.  --luke x. 40.
   1913 webster

         cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? -- luke xiii.
                                                  7.
   1913 webster

         the multiplying variety of arguments, especially
         frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory. --locke.
   1913 webster
see also:
cumbered cumbering cumulate 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cumber \cum"ber\ k?m"b?r, n. cf. encombre hindrance,
   impediment. see cuber,v.
   trouble; embarrassment; distress. obs. written also
   comber.
   1913 webster

         a place of much distraction and cumber.  -- sir h.
                                                  wotton.
   1913 webster

         sage counsel in cumber.                  --sir w.
                                                  scott.
   1913 webster cumberland
see also:
comber 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cumber
     v : hold back syn: restrain, encumber, constrain
see also:
restrain encumber constrain 

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