lumber
[noun]
Synonyms:
- junk, clutter, jumble, refuse, rubbish, trash
[verb]
Synonyms:
- burden, encumber, land, load, saddle
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(Informal)
[verb]
plod, shamble, shuffle, stump, trudge, trundle, waddle

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Related Words: plod, trudge, shamble, slog

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. lum‧ber¹ /ˈlʌmbə $ -ər/ verb
[Sense 1: Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language. ]
[Sense 2-3: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ⇒ lumber²]

1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move in a slow awkward way
lumber 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 want
get/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 sold

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. lumber² noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: lumber 'disused furniture and other objects' (16-21 centuries), perhaps from lombard 'shop where money is lent in exchange for objects' (16-19 centuries)]

1. pieces of wood used for building, that have been cut to specific lengths and widths Synonym : timber

2. British English informal large objects that are no longer useful or wanted

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲