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    CUMBER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they cumber  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it cumbers  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: cumbered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: cumbered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: cumbering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficultplay

    Synonyms:

    cumber; encumber; restrain

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "cumber" is one way to...):

    bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cumber"):

    bridle (put a bridle on)

    curb (keep to the curb)

    clog (impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

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