Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
lumber
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun [U]
1 (especially AmE) = TIMBER:
a lumber company / mill
2 (BrE) pieces of furniture, and other large objects that you do not use any more:
a lumber room (= for storing lumber in)
verb
1 [V+adv./prep.] to move in a slow, heavy and awkward way:
A family of elephants lumbered by. * The huge convoy of trucks lumbered out of the city.
2 [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sb (with sb/sth) (informal) to give sb a responsibility, etc., that they do not want and that they cannot get rid of:
When our parents went out, my sister got lumbered with me for the evening. * She might say 'Yes'. Then you'd be lumbered.
