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lumber1 verblumber2 noun lumberlum‧ber1 /ˈlʌmbə $ -ər/ verb lumber1Origin: 1 1300-1400 Perhaps from a Scandinavian language. 2-3 1800-1900 ➔ LUMBER2 VERB TABLElumber |
Present | I, you, we, they | lumber | | he, she, it | lumbers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lumbered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lumbered | | he, she, it | has lumbered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lumbered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lumber | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lumbered |
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Present | I | am lumbering | | he, she, it | is lumbering | | you, we, they | are lumbering | Past | I, he, she, it | was lumbering | | you, we, they | were lumbering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been lumbering | | he, she, it | has been lumbering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been lumbering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be lumbering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been lumbering |
- Djindjic told a rally at Republic Square that Milosevic was trying to lumber the police with responsibility for failed government policy.
- I was lumbered with one hairstyle and that's the way it would stay.
- Instead of proceeding at his normal brisk trot, he lumbered up the step-ladder and heaved himself ponderously inside the machine's cabin.
- She lumbered out of bed, reached for the too recently removed dressing-gown and took herself off to her bathroom.
- The Red Flag taxi lumbered off into the night.
- Two Hearthwares, huge in their armour, lumbered over to join in the fray.
- We chat about the lumbering, and the latest antics at Mount Blue, in my neck of the woods.
- With that, he stood and slowly lumbered his way down the patch.
► Forestryafforestation, noundeforestation, nounfir, nounfirebreak, nounforested, adjectiveforester, noungrove, noungum, nounhardwood, nounjungle, nounlog, verblogger, nounlogging, nounlogjam, nounlumber, verblumber, nounlumberjack, nounlumberman, nounlumbermill, nounlumberyard, nounpine, nounplantation, nounreforestation, nounsapling, nounspruce, nounwoodcutter, nounwoodsman, noun ► get/be lumbered with something A career was less easy once I was lumbered with a husband and children. 1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move in a slow awkward waylumber up/towards/into/along etc They lumbered along slowly. A blue bus lumbered past.2[transitive] informal to give someone a job or responsibility that they do not wantget/be lumbered with something A career was less easy once I was lumbered with a husband and children.3[intransitive] American English to cut down trees in a large area and prepare them to be soldlumber1 verblumber2 noun lumberlumber2 noun [uncountable] lumber2Origin: 1600-1700 lumber ‘disused furniture and other objects’ (16-21 centuries), perhaps from lombard ‘shop where money is lent in exchange for objects’ (16-19 centuries) - Fast-growing forest trees could do more than increase the world's sup ply of lumber and pulp.
- I love these woods, even as we harvest lumber from them.
- Only a pile of broken concrete, loose bricks and splintered lumber remained.
► Forestryafforestation, noundeforestation, nounfir, nounfirebreak, nounforested, adjectiveforester, noungrove, noungum, nounhardwood, nounjungle, nounlog, verblogger, nounlogging, nounlogjam, nounlumber, verblumber, nounlumberjack, nounlumberman, nounlumbermill, nounlumberyard, nounpine, nounplantation, nounreforestation, nounsapling, nounspruce, nounwoodcutter, nounwoodsman, noun 1pieces of wood used for building, that have been cut to specific lengths and widths SYN timber2British English informal large objects that are no longer useful or wanted |