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Definition of lumber verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

lumber

verb

NAmE//ˈlʌmbər//

[intransitive] + adv./prep.Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they lumber

he / she / it lumbers

past simple lumbered

-ing form lumbering

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.

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