lumber
To move clumsily and heavilyTo move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.
» Cover that lumber with a tarp.
Deck das Holz mit einer Plane ab!
Накройте эти доски брезентом.
Накройте эти брёвна брезентом.
Накрой эти доски брезентом.
Накрой эти брёвна брезентом.
Meaning
5 senses(intransitive)To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.
move heavily or clumsily
(transitive)To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on.
They’ve lumbered me with all these suitcases.
I got lumbered with that boring woman all afternoon.
To heap together in disorder.
To fill or encumber with lumber.
to lumber up a room
cut lumber, as in woods and forests
(obsolete, slang, transitive)To pawn (goods).
Examples
35 sentencesCover that lumber with a tarp.
ruНакройте эти доски брезентом. — marafon
deDeck das Holz mit einer Plane ab! — brauchinet
Nowadays, finding good lumber is hard.
Tom found work in a lumber yard.
Are you still in the lumber business?
Tom made a box out of scrap lumber.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Exact origin unknown. The earliest recorded reference for the noun was to heavy, useless oExact origin unknown. The earliest recorded reference for the noun was to heavy, useless objects such as old, discarded furniture. Perhaps from the verb lumber in reference to meaning "awkward to move"; Online Etymological Dictionary thinks this may derive from the same root as lame. Possibly influenced by Lumbar, an obsolete variant of Lombard, the Italian immigrant class known for being pawnbrokers and money-lenders in early England. Compare English lumpish.
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Forms
lumbers, lumbering, lumbered, lumberedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle