move+heavily

  • 61thunder — ► NOUN 1) a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air. 2) a resounding loud deep noise. ► VERB 1) (it thunders, it is thundering, etc.) thunder sounds. 2) move heavily and forcefully …

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  • 62thundery — thunder ► NOUN 1) a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air. 2) a resounding loud deep noise. ► VERB 1) (it thunders, it is thundering, etc.) thunder sounds. 2) move heavily and… …

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  • 63lumber — [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… …

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  • 64flump — [flump] vt., vi. [prob. echoic] to drop or move heavily and noisily n. the act or sound of flumping …

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  • 65lob — [läb] n. [ME lobbe (in lobbe keling, large codfish), heavy, thick, akin to OE lobbe, spider, EFris, MLowG lobbe, hanging lump of flesh, OHG luppa, lumpy mass < IE base (s)leubh , to hang loosely > SLOVEN] 1. [Brit. Dial.] a big, slow,… …

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  • 66lump — lump1 [lump] n. [ME lompe, lumpe, akin ? to Dan lompe, a mass, lump, Swed dial. lump, a block, stump, MHG lumpe, rag: see LIMP1] 1. a solid mass of no special shape, esp. one small enough to be taken up in the hand; hunk 2. a) a small cube or… …

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  • 67plod — [pläd] vi. plodded, plodding [of echoic orig.] 1. to walk or move heavily and laboriously; trudge 2. to work steadily and monotonously; drudge n. 1. the act of plodding 2. the sound of a heavy step plodder n. ploddingly …

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  • 68wallow — [wä′lō] vi. [ME walwen < OE wealwian, to roll around < PGmc * walw < IE * wolw < base * wel > WALK] 1. to roll about or lie relaxed, as in mud, dust or water 2. to move heavily and clumsily; roll and pitch, as a ship 3. to live or… …

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  • 69flump — v. & n. v. (often foll. by down) 1 intr. fall or move heavily. 2 tr. set or throw down with a heavy thud. n. the action or sound of flumping. Etymology: imit …

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  • 70trundle — v.tr. & intr. roll or move heavily or noisily esp. on or as on wheels. Phrases and idioms: trundle bed = TRUCKLE(1). Etymology: var. of obs. or dial. trendle, trindle, f. OE trendel circle (as TREND) …

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