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lumber
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily, clumsily |
| Synonyms: | barge, clump, galumph, lump, plod, shamble, shuffle, slog, stump, trudge, trundle, waddle |
| Notes: | what American call lumber, Britons call timber; timbre refers to the quality of sound |
| Antonyms: | glide |
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| Main Entry: | clump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make thumping noise |
| Synonyms: | barge, bumble, clatter, clomp, galumph, hobble, limp, lumber, plod, scuff, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, thud, thump, tramp |
| Main Entry: | linger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | loiter, delay |
| Synonyms: | amble, be dilatory, be long, be tardy, crawl, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drift, falter, fool around, fritter away, goof off, hang around, hang out*, hesitate, hobble, idle, lag, loll, lumber, mope, mosey, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, putter, remain, saunter, shuffle, sit around, slouch, stagger, stay, stick around, stop, stroll, take one's time, tarry, tool, totter, trail, traipse, trifle, trudge, vacillate, wait, wait around |
| Antonyms: | go, hurry, leave, rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden, saddle |
| Synonyms: | arrange, ballast, bear, carry, charge, chock, choke, containerize, cram, fill, flood, freight, glut, gorge, heap, heap up, jam*, lade, lumber, mass, oversupply, pack, pile, pile it on, pile up, place, pour in, put aboard, ram in, stack, store, stow, stuff, surfeit, swamp, top, top off, weigh, weigh down, weight |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, benefit, bless, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily |
| Synonyms: | clump, drag, flounder, hike, lumber, plug, schlepp, slog, stamp, stomp, toil, tramp, trample, tread, tromp, trudge, wallow |
| Antonyms: | tiptoe, walk lightly |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rock, sway |
| Synonyms: | billow, drift, flow, glide, heave, incline, jibe, lean, lumber, lurch, pitch, ramble, range, reel, roam, rove, run, stagger, stray, surge, swagger, swing, toss, tumble, undulate, waddle, wallow, wave, welter, yaw |
| Antonyms: | stabilize, steady |
| Main Entry: | rubbish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, junk, litter, lumber, offal, refuse, rubble, rummage, scrap, sweepings, trash, waste |
| Antonyms: | possessions, property |
| Main Entry: | slog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plod |
| Synonyms: | bear down, buckle down, drag, drudge, flounder, grind, labor, lumber, plough through, plug, schlepp, slave, stomp, sweat*, toil, tramp, trample, trudge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slip, stagger |
| Synonyms: | blunder, bumble, careen, err, fall, fall down, falter, flounder, hesitate, limp, lose balance, lumber, lurch, muddle, pitch, reel, shuffle, stammer, swing, tilt, topple, totter, trip, wallow, waver, wobble |
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