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cumber

verb as in hamper

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Example Sentences

There is no specimen at present in the Museum, the one stuffed by Miss Cumber having, as above mentioned, disappeared.

God had, at any rate, decreed that this man should not cumber it as a drone.

My followers have fled, though I am glad to see some of the hare-livered dogs cumber the ground.

I believe,' said she smiling, though she sighed too, 'that I am still to cumber the ground a little longer.

There is (p. 361) no picturesque decay in London; what is not of use must go: it dare not cumber the precious ground.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cumber, such as: burden, delay, encumber, hinder, impede, and inhibit.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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