move+heavily

  • 41lumber — [14] Swedish has a dialectal verb loma ‘move heavily’, which is the only clue we have to the antecedents of the otherwise mysterious English verb lumber. The noun, too, which first appears in the 16th century, is difficult to account for. In the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42lummox — (n.) 1825, East Anglian slang, perhaps from dumb ox, influenced by lumbering; or from E. Anglian dialectal form of verb lummock move heavily or clumsily, of uncertain origin …

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  • 43swag — (v.) to move heavily or unsteadily, 1520s, probably from O.N. sveggja to swing, sway, cognate with O.E. swingan to swing (see SWING (Cf. swing)). The noun sense of ornamental festoon is first found 1794. Colloquial sense of promotional material… …

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  • 44labor — n. strenuous physical or mental work, toil, exertion; job or work that must be accomplished; work force, workers; working class; uterine contractions; childbirth v. work, toil, exert oneself; work hard, struggle (especially to attain a goal);… …

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  • 45labored — la·bored || leɪbÉ™(r)d adj. done with difficulty, heavy (as of breathing); forced, constrained; artificial, unnaturaln. strenuous physical or mental work, toil, exertion; job or work that must be accomplished; work force, workers; working… …

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  • 46laboring — n. strenuous physical or mental work, toil, exertion; job or work that must be accomplished; work force, workers; working class; uterine contractions; childbirth v. work, toil, exert oneself; work hard, struggle (especially to attain a goal);… …

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  • 47labors — n. strenuous physical or mental work, toil, exertion; job or work that must be accomplished; work force, workers; working class; uterine contractions; childbirth v. work, toil, exert oneself; work hard, struggle (especially to attain a goal);… …

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  • 48labour — la·bour || leɪbÉ™(r) n. work, toil; craft; entire body of workers; status of workers; work force; contractions of childbirth; childbirth (alternate spelling for labor) n. work, toil; bother, take pains; become weary, become tired; make an… …

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  • 49laboured — la·boured || leɪbÉ™(r)d adj. done with difficulty, heavy (as of breathing); forced, constrained; artificial, unnatural la·bour || leɪbÉ™(r) n. work, toil; craft; entire body of workers; status of workers; work force; contractions of… …

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  • 50labouring — la·bour·ing || leɪbÉ™rɪŋ adj. toiling, doing hard work, doing unpleasant work la·bour || leɪbÉ™(r) n. work, toil; craft; entire body of workers; status of workers; work force; contractions of childbirth; childbirth (alternate spelling for… …

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