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Meaning of 'lumber'
Meaning of 'lumber' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Lumber 
[ b. t.]
- To heap together in disorder. [ b. t.]- To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
2. Lumber [ n.]
- A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in
pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [ n.]- Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.
- Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.
3. Lumber [ v. i.]
- To move heavily, as if burdened. [ v. i.]- To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.
- To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.
Meaning of 'lumber' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. lumber [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- move heavily or clumsily
- move heavily or clumsily
Example in sentence:
- The heavy man lumbered across the room
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