cumber
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cum·ber
(kŭm'bər) 
tr.v., -bered, -ber·ing, -bers.
A hindrance; an encumbrance.
tr.v., -bered, -ber·ing, -bers.
- To weigh down; burden: was cumbered with many duties.
- To hamper or hinder, as by being in the way: was cumbered with a long poncho.
- To litter; clutter up: Weeds cumbered the garden paths.
- Archaic. To bother; distress.
A hindrance; an encumbrance.
[Middle English combren, to annoy, from Old French combrer, from combre, hindrance, from Vulgar Latin *comboros, of Celtic origin.]
cumberer cum'ber·er n.Roget's Thesaurus:
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