Meaning

1 senses
  1. (also, figuratively)To transport by, or as if by, lorry.

Examples

114 sentences
  1. I'm a lorry driver.

    Я водій вантажівки. — deniko

    deIch bin Lastwagenfahrer. — al_ex_an_der

  2. You're a lorry driver, aren't you?

    Ти ж водій вантажівки? — deniko

  3. Tom is a bin lorry driver.

    Том — водій сміттєвозу. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

    deTom ist Müllkutscher. — Esperantostern · CC BY 2.0 FR

  4. You can't overtake that lorry now.

    Цю вантажівку зараз не обігнати. — deniko

    deDu kannst den Lastwagen jetzt nicht überholen. — felix63

  5. Where did he park his lorry?

    Де він припаркував свою вантажівку? — deniko

    ruГде он припарковал свой грузовик? — marafon

    deWo hat er seinen Laster geparkt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

Uncertain; perhaps from dialectal English lurry (“to lug or pull about, drag”) (compare di

Uncertain; perhaps from dialectal English lurry (“to lug or pull about, drag”) (compare dialectal lurry-cart), or from the forename Laurie. First attested in early to middle 19th century.

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Forms

lorries, lorrying, lorried, lorried
Base formlorry · to lorry
3rd person singularlorries
Present participlelorrying
Past simplelorried
Past participlelorried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylorry
he, she, itlorries

Past simpleLesson

all personslorried

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lorried
he, she, ithas lorried

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lorry

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lorry — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto