verb
- to hinder or burden with something heavy or unwieldy; to impede or obstruct
Usage: formal; somewhat archaic
Examples
- The heavy backpack cumbered his movement through the forest.
- Don’t cumber yourself with unnecessary equipment on the hike.
- The old furniture cumbered the small apartment.
- She refused to be cumbered by outdated traditions.
- The thick snow cumbered their progress up the mountain.
- His injured leg cumbered his ability to run quickly.