To load; to crowd. A variety of frivolous arguments cumbers the memory to no purpose.

To check, stop or retard, as by a load or weight; to make motion difficult; to obstruct. Why asks he what avails him not in fight, and would but cumber and retard his flight.

To perplex or embarrass; to distract or trouble. Martha was cumbered about much serving. Luke 10:40.

To trouble; to be troublesome to; to cause trouble or obstruction in, as any thing useless. Thus, brambles cumber a garden or field.

Hindrance; obstruction; burdensomeness; embarrassment; disturbance; distress. Thus fade thy helps, and thus thy cumbers spring.