English Explanatory Dictionary

cumber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.
noun
  1. Trouble, distress.
  2. Something that encumbers; a hindrance, a burden.
noun
  1. Clipping of cucumber.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌmbə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cumber.wav

Word forms

cumber cumbers cumbering cumbered cumbre 'cumber

Etymology

From Middle English combren, aphetic form of acombren or encombren, borrowed from Old French encombrer, ultimately either from Latin cumulus or Proto-Celtic *kombereti (“to bring together”), from *kom- + *bereti (“to bear”). Cognate with German kümmern (“to take care of”).

Synonyms

encumber

Related words

encumber encumbrance

Derived words

cumberer cumberground cumberless cumberment cumbersome cumberworld discumber overcumber uncumber cumbrous
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