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Sense: 1
| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Origin: | Perhaps from a Scandinavian language. |
| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | LUMBER2 |
1 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move in a slow, awkward way 
A blue bus lumbered past.
A blue bus lumbered past.2 [transitive] informal to give someone a job or responsibility that they do not want
get/be lumbered with something A career was less easy once I was lumbered with a husband and children.
A career was less easy once I was lumbered with a husband and children.3 [intransitive] American EnglishTAF to cut down trees in a large area and prepare them to be sold
