(v. t.) 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.
(v.) Trouble; embarrassment; distress.
Example Sentences:
(1) Not only did he survive the point-blank attack, which killed his cameraman and close friend Simon Cumbers, but a year later he returned to work as the BBC's security correspondent.
(2) Dr Peter Dwyer, Ruskin College Oxford; Alexander Anievas, University of Cambridge; Dr Vaughan Ellis, Edinburgh Napier University; and Dr Andrew Cumbers, University of Glasgow, have also put their name to the letter.
(3) On to Hamilton now and this is incredibly awkward, Cumbers doesn't know what to say and he's waffling.