[lum.ber] vi lum.bered ; lum.ber.ing [ME lomeren] (14c) 1: to move ponderously
2: rumble
[2]lumber n [perh. fr. Lombard; fr. the use of pawnshops as storehouses of disused property] (1552) 1: surplus or disused articles (as furniture) that are stored away
2. a: timber or logs esp. when dressed for use b: any of various structural materials prepared in a form similar to lumber -- lumber adj [3]lumber vb lum.bered ; lum.ber.ing vt (1642) 1: to clutter with or as if with lumber: encumber
2: to heap together in disorder
3: to log and saw the timber of ~ vi 1: to cut logs for lumber
2: to saw logs into lumber for the market -- lum.ber.er n