| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | lum·ber |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l m b r |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: lum·bered, lum·ber·ing, lum·bers
1. To walk or move with heavy clumsiness. See synonyms at blunder. 2. To move with a rumbling noise. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English lomeren, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialectal loma, to move heavily. | | OTHER FORMS: | lumber·ing·ly —ADVERB
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