lumber
$ \mathrm{lumber}^1 | ˈləmbər |
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verb no object, with adverbial of direction
move in a slow, heavy, awkward way:
〖～＋副詞〗 のそのそと歩く, ガタガタと進む (!〖副詞〗は場所･方向の表現)
e.g. a truck filled his mirror and lumbered past.
ORIGIN
late Middle English lomere, perhaps symbolic of clumsy movement.
$ \mathrm{lumber}^2 | ˈləmbər |
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noun
1. chiefly North American timber sawn into rough planks or otherwise partly prepared.
｟主に米｠ 材木, 木材, 用材, 板材(timber)
2 chiefly British articles of furniture or other household items that are no longer useful and inconveniently take up storage space:
｟主に英･やや古｠ (大きな)がらくた
e.g. as modifier : a lumber room.
verb
1. no object (usually as noun lumbering) chiefly North American cut and prepare forest timber for transport and sale:
｟主に米｠ 〈木〉を伐採する, 切って木材にする; 〈場所〉の樹木を伐採する
e.g. the traditional resource industries of the nation, chiefly fishing and lumbering.
2. with object (usually be lumbered with) British informal burden (someone) with an unwanted responsibility, task, or set of circumstances.
｟英･くだけて｠ ; 〖通例get/be ～ed〗 【やっかいな仕事･物･人などを】押しつけられる «with»
ORIGIN
mid 16th century: perhaps from lumber1; later associated with obsolete lumber‘pawnbroker's shop’.
$ \mathrm{lumber}^3 | ˈləmbər | Scottish informal
verb with object
casually strike up a relationship with (a prospective sexual partner):
e.g. he lumbered her from a pub in London.
noun
a person regarded as a prospective sexual partner:
e.g. they end the evening in a disco where they wait for a lumber.
ORIGIN
1960s: of unknown origin.