(n)English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765), Syn.Butcher Cumberland, Duke of Cumberland, William Augustus

cumberland

(n)a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky, Syn.Cumberland River

cumberland gap

(n)a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west

cumberland mountains

(n)the southwestern part of the Appalachians, Syn.Cumberland Plateau

cumbersome

(adj)difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight, Syn.cumbrous

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cumber

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cumbered p. pr. & vb. n. Cumbering. ] [ OE. combren, cumbren, OF. combrer to hinder, from LL. cumbrus a heap, fr. L. cumulus; cf. Skr. &unr_;&unr_; to increase, grow strong. Cf. Cumulate. ] To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why asks he what avails him not in fight,
And would but cumber and retard his flight? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Martha was cumbered about much serving. Luke x. 40. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? Luke xiii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cumber

n. [ Cf. encombre hindrance, impediment. See Cuber, v. ] Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [ Obs. ] [ Written also comber. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A place of much distraction and cumber. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sage counsel in cumber. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cumberland River

prop. n. a tributary of the Ohio River.
Syn. -- . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

cumbersome

a. 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

To perform a cumbersome obedience. Sir. P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. I. Taylor.

-- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT DictionaryCC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

累

[累 / 纍, léi, ㄌㄟˊ]cumbersome#1175[Add to Longdo]

榔槺

[榔槺, láng kāng, ㄌㄤˊ ㄎㄤ]cumbersome; awkward and clumsy[Add to Longdo]

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河童

[かっぱ, kappa](n) (1) kappa (mythical water-dwelling creatures); (2) excellent swimmer; (3) (See 胡瓜) cucumber; (4) (abbr) (See 河童巻き) rolled sushi containing a stick of cucumber#18323[Add to Longdo]

うながっぱ

[unagappa](n) type of maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber[Add to Longdo]

オイキムチ

[oikimuchi](n) (See キムチ) cucumber kimchi (kor[Add to Longdo]

クロナマコ

[kuronamako](n) black sea cucumber (Holothuria atra)[Add to Longdo]

一本漬け;一本漬

[いっぽんつけ, ippontsuke](n) pickle on a stick (usually a cucumber)[Add to Longdo]

鰻ざく;鰻作

[うざく, uzaku](n) dish of vinegared eel and cucumber[Add to Longdo]

瓜実条虫

[うりざねじょうちゅう;ウリザネジョウチュウ, urizanejouchuu ; urizanejouchuu](n) (uk) dog tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum); cucumber tapeworm; double-pore tapeworm[Add to Longdo]

河童巻;河童巻き

[かっぱまき, kappamaki](n) cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)[Add to Longdo]

海鼠

[なまこ(gikun);かいそ;こ(ok);ナマコ, namako (gikun); kaiso ; ko (ok); namako](n) (uk) (often translated as "sea slug" in anglicized haikus) (See 海牛・うみうし) sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)[Add to Longdo]

海鼠子

[このこ, konoko](n) { food } (See 海鼠・こ) dried sea-cucumber ovaries[Add to Longdo]

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