cumber

(kŭm'bər)
tr.v., -bered, -ber·ing, -bers.

1. To weigh down; burden: was cumbered with many duties.
2. To hamper or hinder, as by being in the way: was cumbered with a long poncho.
3. To litter; clutter up: Weeds cumbered the garden paths.
4. Archaic. To bother; distress.

n.
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.

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verb

To place a burden or heavy load on: burden, charge, encumber, freight, lade, load, saddle, tax, weight. See over/under.

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