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Meanings of cumber in inglês

Hold back.

Sinônimos
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 inglês
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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