Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cumber
Participle: cumbered
Gerund: cumbering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cumber |
| you | cumber |
| he;she;it | cumbers |
| we | cumber |
| you | cumber |
| they | cumber |
Perfect
| I | have cumbered |
| you | have cumbered |
| he;she;it | has cumbered |
| we | have cumbered |
| you | have cumbered |
| they | have cumbered |
Past
| I | cumbered |
| you | cumbered |
| he;she;it | cumbered |
| we | cumbered |
| you | cumbered |
| they | cumbered |
Pluperfect
| I | had cumbered |
| you | had cumbered |
| he;she;it | had cumbered |
| we | had cumbered |
| you | had cumbered |
| they | had cumbered |
Future
| I | will cumber |
| you | will cumber |
| he;she;it | will cumber |
| we | will cumber |
| you | will cumber |
| they | will cumber |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cumbered |
| you | will have cumbered |
| he;she;it | will have cumbered |
| we | will have cumbered |
| you | will have cumbered |
| they | will have cumbered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cumber |
| you | cumber |
| he;she;it | cumber |
| we | cumber |
| you | cumber |
| they | cumber |
Perfect
| I | have cumbered |
| you | have cumbered |
| he;she;it | have cumbered |
| we | have cumbered |
| you | have cumbered |
| they | have cumbered |
Imperfect
| I | cumbered |
| you | cumbered |
| he;she;it | cumbered |
| we | cumbered |
| you | cumbered |
| they | cumbered |
Pluperfect
| I | had cumbered |
| you | had cumbered |
| he;she;it | had cumbered |
| we | had cumbered |
| you | had cumbered |
| they | had cumbered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cumber |
| you | would cumber |
| he;she;it | would cumber |
| we | would cumber |
| you | would cumber |
| they | would cumber |
Perfect
| I | would have cumbered |
| you | would have cumbered |
| he;she;it | would have cumbered |
| we | would have cumbered |
| you | would have cumbered |
| they | would have cumbered |
Imperative
| you | cumber |
| we | Let's cumber |
| you | cumber |
Verbs conjugated like 'cumber'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cumber'
camber,
comber,
lumber,
number,
scumber,
umber,
accumber,
amber,
bumper,
chamber,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English combren, aphetic form of acombren or encombren, borrowed from Old French encombrer, ultimately either from Latin cumulus or Proto-Celtic *kombereti (“to bring together”), from *kom- + *bereti (“to bear”). Cognate with German kümmern (“to take care of”). See: Old French '
encombrer', German, old spelling '
kümmern'.
Sample Sentences
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Why asks he what avails him not in fight, / And would but cumber and retard his flight? [1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, […] but cumbers the memory. [a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC:]
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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 and crevice of the plate and mail, or grappling with the men-at-arms, strove to pull them from their horses by main force, or beat them down with their bills and Welch hooks. [1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume I (The Betrothed), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 71:]
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[…] the base villain who murdered this poor defenceless old man, when he had not, by the course of nature, a twelvemonth's life in him, shall not cumber the earth long after him. [1886, Sir Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel. Pub.: Adams & Charles Black, Edinburgh; page 321]
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[T]hese people, whose name, much as I would like to express my gratitude to them, I may not even give here, nevertheless cumbered themselves with me, sheltered me and protected me from myself. [1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 290:]
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Why had he not killed himself long ago? Why cumbered he the earth? [1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:]
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Moreover, that distinctive hair of hers was screwed up into a tight plait and she carried a heavy basket on her hip and a weighted bucket of oysters in her other hand, which cumbered the grace of her body and turned her into the dull replica of any other peasant creature. [1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 98:]