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    lumbering
    /ˈlʌmb(ə)rɪŋ/

    noun

    • 1. the action of cutting and preparing forest timber for transport and sale: North American "the traditional resource industries of the nation, chiefly fishing and lumbering"

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  2. Lumbering is the present participle of lumber, which means to move slowly and awkwardly. Learn how to use this word in sentences with synonyms, antonyms, and related phrases.

  3. Lumber can be a verb meaning to move ponderously or clumsily, or a noun meaning timber or logs. Learn the synonyms, examples, etymology, and history of lumber from Merriam-Webster.

  4. Lumbering definition: the trade or business of cutting and preparing lumber. . See examples of LUMBERING used in a sentence.

  5. Lumbering can be a noun meaning the trade of cutting and preparing timber, or an adjective meaning awkward or noisy movement. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, collocations, and usage examples from Collins English Dictionary.

  6. lumbering. Other forms: lumberingly; lumberings. Someone who's lumbering moves in a heavy, ungainly way. The big, lumbering players on a football team tend to play defensive positions like lineman.

  7. Lumbering can mean the trade of cutting or preparing timber, or the movement of something heavy or clumsy. Learn the synonyms, antonyms, and translations of lumbering in different contexts.

  8. to move slowly and awkwardly: In the distance, we could see a herd of elephants lumbering across the plain. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to walk in a way that is not controlled or even. stumble He was stumbling around the house like he was drunk.