lumber

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

lum·ber [lumber lumbers lumbered lumbering] noun, verb BrE [ˈlʌmbə(r)] NAmE [ˈlʌmbər]
noun uncountable
1. (especially NAmE) = ↑timber
•a lumber mill
2. (BrE)pieces of furniture, and other large objects that you do not use any more
•a lumber room (= for storing ↑lumber in)

Word Origin:
v. sense 1 late Middle English lomere v. sense 2 and n. mid 16th cent. ↑lumber ‘move slowly and awkwardly’ lumber ‘pawnbroker's shop’
 
verb
1. intransitive + 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. transitive, usually passive ~ 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.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. sense 1 late Middle English lomere v. sense 2 and n. mid 16th cent. ↑lumber ‘move slowly and awkwardly’ lumber ‘pawnbroker's shop’

Example Bank:
•He lumbered to his feet and went to see who was at the door.
•I suppose I'll get lumbered with the extra work.
•She lumbered over towards me.
•The elephants lumbered slowly along the path.
•The neighbours have gone off for the evening and lumbered me with their kids.
•A dozen elephants lumbered slowly past.
•He lumbered up the hill, stopping frequently to get his breath back.