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cumber
/ˈkʌmbə/
noun 3verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
red, sage
VERB + CUMBER
counsel
CUMBER + NOUN
retard
PREP.
in, in
Definitions
verb
1
To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.
Why asks he what avails him not in fight, / And would but cumber and retard his flight?
The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, […] but cumbers the memory.
noun
1
Trouble, distress.
Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, / Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber!
2
Something that encumbers; a hindrance, a burden.
noun
1
Clipping of cucumber.
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Why asks he what avails him not in fight, / And would but cumber and retard his flight?
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The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, […] but cumbers the memory.
Wiktionary03
Wounded and overthrown, the Britons continued their resistance, clung round the legs of the Norman steeds, and cumbered their advance; while their brethren, thrusting with pikes, proved every joint an
Wiktionary04
Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, / Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber!
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