01 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, …
imp. & p. p.
Cumbered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cumbering
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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.“Why asks he what avails him not in fight, And would but cumber and retard his flight?” — Dryden.“Martha was cumbered about much serving.” — Luke x. 40.“Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?” — Luke xiii. 7.“The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory.” — Locke.