lumber (redirected from Wooden log)

lum·ber ¹  (lmbr)

n.

1. Timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length.

2. Something useless or cumbersome.

3. Chiefly British Miscellaneous stored articles.

v. lum·bered, lum·ber·ing, lum·bers

v.tr.

1.

a. To cut down (trees) and prepare as marketable timber.

b. To cut down the timber of.

2. Chiefly British To clutter with or as if with unused articles.

v.intr.

To cut and prepare timber for marketing.

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[Perhaps from lumber.]

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lumber adj.

lumber·er n.

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lum·ber ²  (lmbr)

intr.v. lum·bered, lum·ber·ing, lum·bers

1. To walk or move with heavy clumsiness. See Synonyms at blunder.

2. To move with a rumbling noise.

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[Middle English lomeren, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialectal loma, to move heavily.]

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lumber·ing·ly adv.

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lumber¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) Chiefly US and Canadian

a.  logs; sawn timber

b.  cut timber, esp when sawn and dressed ready for use in joinery, carpentry, etc.

c.  (as modifier) the lumber trade

2. Brit

a.  useless household articles that are stored away

b.  (as modifier) lumber room

vb

1. (tr) to pile together in a disorderly manner

2. (tr) to fill up or encumber with useless household articles.

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) Chiefly US and Canadian to convert (the trees) of (a forest) into marketable timber

4. (tr) Brit informal to burden with something unpleasant, tedious, etc.

5. (tr) Austral to arrest; imprison

[perhaps from a noun use of lumber²]

lumberer  n

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lumber²

vb (intr)

1. to move awkwardly

2. an obsolete word for rumble

[C14 lomeren; perhaps related to lome lame¹, Swedish dialect loma to move ponderously]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lumber - the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material timber stock - lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter" strip - thin piece of wood or metal building material - material used for constructing buildings wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees plank, board - a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes planking - planks collectively; a quantity of planks
	2.	lumber - an implement used in baseball by the batter baseball bat baseball equipment - equipment used in playing baseball bat - a club used for hitting a ball in various games handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"
Verb	1.	lumber - move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room" pound walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	2.	lumber - cut lumber, as in woods and forests log fell, strike down, cut down, drop - cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

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lumber¹

verb

(Brit. informal) burden, land, load, saddle, impose upon, encumber She was lumbered with a bill for about £90.

noun

(Brit.) junk, refuse, rubbish, discards, trash, clutter, jumble, white elephants, castoffs, trumpery The wheels had been consigned to the loft as useless lumber.

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lumber²

verb plod, shuffle, shamble, trudge, stump, clump, waddle, trundle, lump along He turned and lumbered back to his chair.

Translations

lumber¹ [ˈlʌmbəʳ]

A. N

1. (= wood) (esp US) → maderos mpl

2. (esp Brit) (= junk) → trastos mpl viejos

B. VT

1. (Brit) (= encumber) to lumber sb with sth → hacer que algn cargue con algo, endilgar algo a algn
he got lumbered with the job → le endilgaron el trabajo
I got lumbered with the girl for the afternoon → tuve que cargar toda la tarde con la chica, me endilgaron a la chica toda la tarde

2. (= fill) [+ space, room] to lumber sth with sth → atiborrar algo de algo

C. VI → cortar y aserrar árboles, explotar los bosques

D. CPD lumber company N → empresa f maderera
lumber jacket N → chaqueta f de leñador
lumber mill N → aserradero m
lumber room N → trastero m
lumber yard N (US) → almacén m de madera

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lumber² [ˈlʌmbəʳ] VI (also lumber about) → moverse pesadamente (also lumber along) → avanzar pesadamente

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lumber [ˈlʌmbə^r]

n (= timber) → bois m de charpente

vt (British) to lumber sb with sth → coller > qch à qn, refiler > qch à qn
to be lumbered with sth → devoir se coltiner > qch
to be lumbered with doing sth
I'm lumbered with cleaning the toilets → Je dois me coltiner le nettoyage des W-C., On m'a refilé les WC à nettoyer.
to be lumbered with sb → devoir se coltiner qn
I was lumbered with that madman all evening → J'ai dû me coltiner ce tordu toute la soirée.

vi (= move slowly and clumsily) [person] → marcher pesamment; [vehicle] → rouler lentement
He turned and lumbered back to his chair → Il retourna à sa chaise d'un pas pesant.

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lumber:

lumberjack

n → Holzfäller m

lumberjacket

n → Lumberjack m

lumberjack shirt

n → bunt kariertes Hemd, Holzfällerhemd nt

lumberman

n (US) → Holzfäller m

lumbermill

n (US) → Sägemühle f → or -werk nt

lumber room

n → Rumpelkammer f

lumber trade

n → (Bau)holzhandel m

lumberyard

n (US) → Holzlager nt

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lumber¹

n

(esp US: = timber) → (Bau)holz nt

(= junk) → Gerümpel nt

vt

(also lumber up) space, room → vollstopfen, vollpfropfen

(Brit inf) to lumber somebody with something → jdm etw aufhalsen (inf); he got lumbered with the job → man hat ihm die Arbeit aufgehalst (inf); I got lumbered with her for the evening → ich hatte sie den ganzen Abend auf dem Hals (inf); what a job! you’ve really been lumbered! → was für eine Arbeit! da hat man dir aber was aufgehalst! (inf)

(US) hillside, forest → abholzen

vi (US) → Holz fällen, holzen

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lumber²

vi (cart) → rumpeln; (tank) → walzen; (elephant, person) → trampeln; (bear) → tapsen; a big fat man came lumbering into the room → ein dicker, fetter Mann kam ins Zimmer gewalzt; she went lumbering about the room → sie trampelte im Zimmer herum

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lumber¹ [ˈlʌmbəʳ]

1. n (wood) (esp Am) → legname m; (junk) (esp Brit) → roba vecchia

2. vt (Brit) (fam) to lumber sb with sth/sb → affibbiare or rifilare qc/qn a qn
he got lumbered with the job → è toccato a lui fare quel lavoro
I got lumbered with him for the evening → me lo sono dovuto sorbire per tutta la serata

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lumber² [ˈlʌmbəʳ] vi (also lumber about, lumber along) → muoversi pesantemente
to lumber past (vehicle) → passare facendo fracasso

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lumber¹

n lumber [ˈlambə]

1 old unwanted furniture etc. rommel أثاث قَديم вехтории haraburdí gammelt pindebrænde das Gerümpel παλιά άχρηστα έπιπλα trasto kolu خرت و پرت vanhat kalusteet yms. bric-à-brac גְרוּטָאוֹת काठकबाड़ starudija ócska bútor rongsokan skran (mobili vecchi) がらくた 잡동사니, 폐물 gremėzdas, griozdas grabažas; krāmi perabot yang tidak dipakai lagi afgedankt meubilair gammelt skrap; skrot graty trastes che­restea рухлядь haraburda navlaka stari nameštaj skräp, bråte เครื่องเรือนเก่าที่ไม่มีประโยชน์ atılmış eski mobilya 廢舊物 старі меблі انگڑ کھنگڑ، بیکار فرنیچر وغیرہ đồ thừa 无用的杂物（如破旧家具），破烂的东西

2 timber sawn up. timmerhout ألواح خَشَبيَّه مَنْشورَه дървен материал řezivo tømmer das Bauholz ποσότητα τεμαχισμένων ξύλων maderos, maderas saematerjal الوار puutavara bois de charpente קוֹרוֹת מְנוּסָרוֹת काठ-कबाड़, कूड़ा-करकट, निकम्मी चीज़, रद्दी भारी समान, अधबनी लकड़ी građevno drvo fa(anyag) kayu gergajian timbur legname 材木 판재, 제재목 pjautinė miško medžiaga kokmateriāli kayu gergaji timmerhout trelast budulec madeira che­restea пиломатериалы rezivo stavbni les drvena građa timmer, virke ไม้ที่เลื่อยออกเป็นท่อน ๆ kereste 木材 колоди; пиломатеріали نیم تراشیدہ لکڑی کے لٹھے củi 木材

v

to give (someone) an unwanted responsibility to lumber someone with a job. opstapel يُعطي شَخْصا مسؤوليَّة غير مَرْغوبَه натоварвам obtížit bebyrde aufbürden φορτώνω δουλειά σε κπ. hacer que alguien cargue con la responsabilidad koormama تحمیل کردن rasittaa mettre sur les bras לְהַנחִית תָּפקִיד भार देना opteretiti koga rálőcsöl memberi tugas íþyngja með affibbiare 押しつける (귀찮은 일, 물건을) 떠맡기다 apkrauti, užversti sagādāt [] kaut ko nevajadzīgu/nederīgu membebani opschepen belemre (med) zwalić (coś na kogoś) jogar em cima a îm­po­văra (cu) обременять zaťažiť naložiti natovariti belasta, tynga โบ้ยงาน yüklemek 硬指派工作 обтяжувати کوئی کام سر ڈالنا làm vướng víu 硬派工作

n lumberjack [-dʒak]

a person employed to cut down, saw up and move trees. houtkapper قاطِع الأخْشاب وناشِرُها дървосекач dřevorubec skovhugger der Holzfäller υλοτόμος leñador metsatööline چوب بر metsuri bûcheron/-onne כּוֹרֶת עֵצִים, סוֹחֵר בְּעֵצִים लकड़हारा drvosječa favágó penebang kayu skógarhöggsmaður boscaiolo, taglialegna きこり 목재 벌채 인부 medkirtys, miško darbininkas mežstrādnieks; malkas cirtējs pembalak houthakker skogsarbeider, tømmerhogger drwal madeireiro che­reste­giu лесоруб drevorubač drvar drvoseča timmerhuggare, skogshuggare คนตัดต้นไม้ bıçkıcı, hızarcı 伐木者 лісоруб, дроворуб لکڑہارا thợ đốn gỗ 伐木者

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lumber²

v lumber [ˈlambə]

to move about heavily and clumsily. swaar beweeg يتَقَدَّم بِبُطء وَتَثاقُل движа се тежко vléci se sjokke schwerfällig gehen κινούμαι βαριά και αδέξια moverse pesadamente kolinal liikuma لق لق کنان رفتن liikkua kömpelösti marcher pesamment לָנוּע בִּכבֵדוּת भदभदाते आगे बढ़ना tegliti vánszorog berjalan lamban ganga þunglamalega muoversi pesantemente がたがた動く 육중하게(소란스럽게) 움직이다 drambloti, drimb(l)inti slampāt melangkah dengan berat sjokken trampe, slamre, ramle ciężko stąpać mover-se a se mişca greoi/stângaci двигаться тяжело vliecť sa okorno se premikati dogegati se lufsa, klampa เคลื่อนที่อย่างอุ้ยอ้าย hantal hantal yürümek 笨重地移動 рухатися вайлувато گھسٹنا kéo lê ì ạch 笨重地移动

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lumber → أشجار الغابات stavební dříví tømmer Bauholz ξυλεία madera puutavara bois drvo legname 材木 목재 timmerhout tømmer tarcica madeira строевой лес virke ไม้ที่ใช้ในการก่อสร้าง kereste gỗ xây dựng 木材