lumber

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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lumber ¹

Noun

1. Brit unwanted disused household articles

2. Chiefly US & Canad logs; sawn timber

Verb

1. Informal to burden with something unpleasant: somebody gets lumbered with the extra costs

2. to fill up with useless household articles

3. Chiefly US & Canad to convert trees into marketable timber [perhaps from lumber²]

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lumber ²

Verb

to move awkwardly and heavily [Middle English lomeren]

lumbering adj

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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lumber ¹

verb 1. Brit. (informal) burden, land, load, saddle, impose upon, encumber

noun 2. Brit. junk, refuse, rubbish, discards, trash, clutter, jumble, white elephants, castoffs, trumpery

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lumber ²

verb plod, shuffle, shamble, trudge, stump, clump, waddle, trundle, lump along

Translations

lumber [ˈlʌmbəʳ] n (= junk) → trastos mpl viejos (= wood); maderos mpl

vt (BRIT) (col): to lumber sb with sth/sb → hacer que algn cargue con algo/algn

vi (also: lumber about) (also: lumber along) → moverse pesadamente

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lumber [ˈlʌmbəʳ] n (= wood) → bois m de charpente (= junk); bric-à-brac m inv

vt (Brit) (inf);

to lumber sb with sth/sb → coller or refiler qch/qn à qn vi (also: lumber about) (also: lumber along) → marcher pesamment

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lumber [ˈlʌmbəʳ] n (wood) → Holz nt (= junk); Gerümpel nt

vi to lumber about/along → herum-/entlangtapsen

lumber with lumber vt to be/get lumbered with sth → etw am Hals haben/aufgehalst bekommen

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lumber [ˈlʌmbəʳ] n → roba vecchia

vt (BRIT ) (col): to lumber sb with sth/sb → affibbiare or rifilare qc/qn a qn

vi (also: lumber about) (also: lumber along) → muoversi pesantemente

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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 romu bric-à-brac גְרוּטָאוֹת काठकबाड़ starudija ócska bútor rongsokan skran (mobili vecchi) がらくた 목재 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 費舊物 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 (낡은 가구 등의) 폐물, 쓰레기 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 sälyttää mettre sur les bras לְהַנחִית תָּפקִיד भार देना opteretiti koga rálőcsöl memberi tugas íþyngja með affibbiare 押しつける 나무를 벌채하여 제재하다 apkrauti, užversti sagādāt [] kaut ko nevajadzīgu/nederīgu membebani opschepen belemre (med) zwalić (coś na kogoś) em cima jogar a îm­po­văra (cu) обременять zaťažiť naložiti natovariti belasta, tynga โบ้ยงาน yüklemek 硬派工作 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 벌목꾼 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