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Antonyms for lumbered

Grammar : Verb
Spell : luhm-ber
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌm bər

Definition of lumbered

Origin :
  • "timber sawn into rough planks," 1660s, American English (Massachusetts), earlier "disused bit of furniture; heavy, useless objects" (1550s), probably from lumber (v.), perhaps influenced by Lombard, from the Italian immigrants famous as pawnbrokers and money-lenders in England (see Lombard). Lumbar, Lumbard were old alternative forms of Lombard in English. The evolution of sense then would be because a lumber-house ("pawn shop") naturally accumulates odds and ends of furniture.
  • Live Lumber; soldiers or passengers on board a ship are so called by the sailors.LUMBER HOUSE. A house appropriated by thieves for the reception of their stolen property. ["Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence," London, 1811]
  • verb walk heavily, clumsily
  • verb burden
Example sentences :
  • And Jeff Rankin rose without a word and lumbered to the top of the hill.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Then the black bear decided to be afraid, and lumbered back into the bushes.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • A cart, unmistakably a cart, lumbered across the stones at the end of the pier.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
  • He gulped, blinked, heaved himself up, and lumbered after the others.
  • Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly
  • Stryker lumbered past him and took the controls, spiraling the Marco Four down.
  • Extract from : « Control Group » by Roger Dee
  • The other man at the table arose, ponderously, and lumbered toward them.
  • Extract from : « The Jupiter Weapon » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • Jack lumbered after him, instinctively bending his head, too.
  • Extract from : « Happy Days » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • The yoke snapped with a twang, and they lumbered off together.
  • Extract from : « The Jungle Book » by Rudyard Kipling
  • The fisherman nodded and lumbered up the gangway followed by others.
  • Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton
  • As he finished speaking he lumbered away to rejoin his companions.
  • Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton

Synonyms for lumbered

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