lumbering

Definition of Lumbering in English :

see synonyms of lumbering

Noun

1. lumbering

the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber

Adjective

2. heavy, lumbering, ponderous

slow and laborious because of weight

Example Sentences:
'the heavy tread of tired troops'
'moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot'
'ponderous prehistoric beasts'
'a ponderous yawn'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lumbering

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noun

mainly US and Canadian

the business or trade of cutting, transporting, preparing, or selling timber

adjective

1.

awkward in movement

2.

moving with a rumbling sound

Lumbering

see synonyms of lumbering

adjective

1.

moving heavily, clumsily, or noisily

2.

rumbling

noun

US

the work or business of cutting down trees and preparing lumber

Lumbering

see synonyms of lumbering

n.

1. Timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length.

2. Something useless or cumbersome.

3. Chiefly British Miscellaneous stored articles.

v. lum·bered, lum·ber·ing, lum·bers

v.tr.

1.

a. To cut down (trees) and prepare as marketable timber.

b. To cut down the timber of.

2. Chiefly British To clutter with or as if with unused articles.

v.intr.

To cut and prepare timber for marketing.

intr.v. lum·bered, lum·ber·ing, lum·bers

1. To walk or move clumsily or heavily. See Synonyms at blunder.

2. To move with a rumbling noise.

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