lumber
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
lumbers;
lumbered;
lumbering
lumbers;
lumbered;
lumbering
Britannica Dictionary definition of LUMBER
[no object]
:
to move in a slow or awkward way
— sometimes used figuratively
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The parade lumbers through town once a year.
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We saw an elephant lumbering along the road.
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trucks lumbering [=rumbling] down the street
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an animal with a lumbering gait
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The economy continues to lumber along.
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a big, lumbering [=slow and awkward] bureaucracy
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compare 3lumber
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lumber
/ˈlʌmbɚ/
noun
2
lumber
/ˈlʌmbɚ/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of LUMBER
[noncount]
1
US
:
wooden boards or logs that have been sawed and cut for use
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see also lumbering
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trees turned into lumber [=timber]
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He works for a lumber company.
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the lumber industry
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British
:
large objects that are no longer used or wanted
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had a clearout of all his old lumber and finally got rid of it
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lumber
/ˈlʌmbɚ/
verb
lumbers;
lumbered;
lumbering
3
lumber
/ˈlʌmbɚ/
verb
lumbers;
lumbered;
lumbering
Britannica Dictionary definition of LUMBER
lumber with
[phrasal verb]
lumber (someone) with (something)
British, informal
:
to cause (someone) to have (something unwanted or unpleasant)
— often used as (be) lumbered with
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His classmates lumbered him with [=saddled him with] an unfortunate nickname.
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He's been lumbered with an unfortunate nickname.
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compare 1lumber
