lumber
/ˈlʌmbə(r)/noun
उच्चारण लम्बर
इमारती लकड़ी; कबाड़
Core word
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[U] especially AmE
wood that has been cut into boards for building (British timber); things that you do not want any more
इमारती लकड़ी; कबाड़
- a lumber room
- The shop sold lumber to builders working on the new bridge.
- The carpenter bought a load of lumber for the new doors.
+ 2 more examples
- A lumber yard stands near the river on the edge of town.
- The attic was full of old lumber that nobody wanted.
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[I]
to move in a slow, heavy and awkward way
भारी-भारी चलना
- The elephant lumbered along.
- A tired bear lumbered across the road in front of our jeep.
- The tired elephant lumbered through the forest.
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- A heavy lorry lumbered up the narrow hill road.
- He lumbered across the room in his big boots.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
lumber (noun, uncountable)
In American English lumber means sawn wood; in British English it is used for old unwanted things, and timber is the word for wood.
American English में 'lumber' का अर्थ चिरी लकड़ी है; British English में यह पुराना बेकार सामान है और लकड़ी के लिए 'timber' आता है।
- The attic was full of old lumber.
- The yard sells lumber for building.
lumber along / around / past (verb)
As an intransitive verb, lumber means to move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.
Intransitive verb के रूप में 'lumber' का अर्थ धीमी, भारी और बेढंगी चाल से चलना है।
- The bus lumbered up the narrow road.
- An elephant lumbered through the forest.
be lumbered with + noun
Be lumbered with means to be given an unwanted task or burden.
'Be lumbered with' का अर्थ किसी अनचाहे काम या बोझ का सौंपा जाना है।
- I was lumbered with the job of cleaning the hall.
lumber + yourself
In British English, lumber somebody with something means to give them a tiresome job.
British English में 'lumber somebody with something' का अर्थ किसी को थकाऊ काम सौंपना है।
- Don't lumber me with your homework.
+Collocations 5
verb + lumber
cutstacksellclear outtransport
- The workers stacked the lumber near the mill.
lumber + noun
roommillyardmerchantcompanytruck
- The lumber room at home holds broken chairs.
lumber + direction
lumber alonglumber pastlumber offlumber around
- The tractor lumbered along the village lane.
lumbered with
lumbered with debtslumbered with a joblumbered with a billlumbered with a problem
- He was lumbered with his brother's debts.
adverb + lumber
slowlyheavilyclumsilyawkwardly
- The loaded truck lumbered slowly through the market.
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- A buffalo lumbered across the road, and traffic stopped.
एक भैंस सड़क पार करती हुई धीरे-धीरे चली और यातायात रुक गया।
- Radhika cleared the lumber out of the storeroom.
राधिका ने भंडार कक्ष से पुराना बेकार सामान निकाल दिया।
- The loaded truck lumbered up the hill.
लदा हुआ ट्रक भारी चाल से पहाड़ी पर चढ़ा।
- The company exports lumber from the forests of Assam.
कंपनी असम के जंगलों से लकड़ी का निर्यात करती है।
- She got lumbered with organising the farewell party.
विदाई समारोह आयोजित करने का बोझ उसी पर आ पड़ा।
- The old lumber room at my grandmother's house is full of broken stools and trunks.
मेरी दादी के घर का पुराना भंडार कक्ष टूटे स्टूलों और संदूकों से भरा है।
- The injured bear lumbered back into the forest.
घायल भालू भारी कदमों से जंगल में लौट गया।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He was lumbered by the extra work.
✓ He was lumbered with the extra work.
The preposition after lumbered is with.
'Lumbered' के बाद preposition 'with' आता है।
§Grammar and usage
Usage: lumber sb with sth (give somebody an unwanted responsibility).
प्रयोग में lumber sb with sth (किसी पर अनचाहा भार डालना)।