CUMBER

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cumber mean? 

• CUMBER (verb)
  The verb CUMBER has 1 sense:

1. hold back

  Familiarity information: CUMBER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUMBER (verb)

Meaning:

Hold back

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

constrain; cumber; encumber; restrain

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

bound; confine; limit; restrain; restrict; throttle; trammel (place limits on (extent 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