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Meanings of cumber in anglès

Hold back.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "restrain"
        Examples for "restrain"
        1
        I said in the trouble of the moment, unable to restrain myself.
        The open door and The portrait
        2
        A senior loyalist source said it would be difficult to restrain militants.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Currently teachers can't physically restrain students unless they're a danger to others.
        Radio NZ
        4
        Potations do sometimes wake wines; turnips restrain passion; causes necessary to state.
        Roughing It
        5
        But in the end he could not restrain himself and blurted out:
        Men in War
        1
        I think at the international level, we need some rules that constrain.
        Wired
        2
        We also need to constrain these systems to support our fundamental values.
        Wired
        3
        Yet if internal factors constrain evolution, they are hardly a minor issue.
        The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
        4
        Anthropogenic noise pollution is increasing and can constrain acoustic communication in animals.
        Pubmed
        5
        Limited foldable display productivity will constrain Samsung, industry officials and analysts say.
        Reuters
        1
        Hall Haddo, I summon you to quit this kirk which you encumber.'
        Lay Morals, and Other Papers
        2
        The ground must be cleared of the prejudices which encumber it.
        What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of ...
        3
        The old Utopists never had to encumber themselves with this sort of man.
        A Modern Utopia
        4
        I didn't wish to encumber-Yourchaise is broken down: get into this one.
        Philip Winwood / A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American...
        5
        His clothes might encumber him; he might have the cramp; he might get frightened.
        The Boat Club; or, The Bunkers of Rippleton
        Usage of cumber in anglès
        1
        Burning the felled trees that cumber the ground is the next undertaking.
        The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825
        2
        What advantage in Amy's departure if Hortense continued to cumber the ground?
        Bertram Cope's Year
        3
        It is a cumber-ground, saith the Father; one year longer, prays the Son.
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
        4
        So the Fair City is quit of him and his cumber.
        The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day
        5
        At last it is cut down as a cumber-ground and burnt.
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
        6
        Others also there are-allmen who cumber the ground for nothing.
        Dead Souls
        7
        When you shall have served it you will but cumber them.
        The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series
        8
        Slowly, with all its drench and cumber, the hill was surmounted.
        The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 02
        9
        His stylism does not clog his story or cumber his argument.
        The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
        10
        Then thy vow will be fulfilled, and thou wilt cumber earth no longer.
        The House of Walderne / A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in...
        11
        Why should I cumber myself with regrets that the receiver is not capacious?
        Essays — First Series
        12
        Worse than a cipher, did he then but cumber the earth?
        Lucretia — Volume 02
        13
        Old iron guns still cumber the embrasures and the ground.
        To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. II
        14
        Such remembrance as this, which keeps the heart green, will not cumber the life.
        Friendship
        15
        It is not a time to cumber yourself with me.
        The Rulers of the Lakes: A Story of George and Champlain
        16
        We could not afford to cumber ourselves with unnecessary weight.
        South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
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