Cumber (Verb)
Meaning
Restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The bulky furniture cumbered the small room, making it difficult to walk around.
- Tight clothing cumbered her movements, making it hard to dance.
- The dense undergrowth cumbered their progress through the forest.
- The weight of her heavy backpack cumbered her movements as she climbed the mountain.
- A tangle of wires cumbered the workspace, making it hard to work efficiently.