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lumbering
[ luhm-ber-ing ]
lumbering
1/ ˈlʌmbərɪŋ /
adjective
- awkward in movement
- moving with a rumbling sound
lumbering
2/ ˈlʌmbərɪŋ /
noun
- the business or trade of cutting, transporting, preparing, or selling timber
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Derived Forms
- ˈlumberingness, noun
- ˈlumberingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- un·lumber·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lumbering1
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Example Sentences
But his lumbering lurch toward the Ted Cruz tin-foil-hat convention should instead be an object lesson for Republicans to come.
For now, Carlisle says the best way to keep rhinos alive is by moving them, one lumbering gray creature at a time.
Today, however, that same, lumbering Julio Cesar kept Brazil in the World Cup.
Pop, pop, pop, Ali—then Cassius Clay—surrounded the lumbering Scandinavian with zinging leather.
This was about the time a Texas lumbering company was becoming a major stockholder in Time Inc.
The firm foundation that Scattergood's strategy rested upon was that lumbering had not really started in the valley.
At last the day came and the journey was begun, first on horseback and then by a lumbering stage coach.
Jake was clubfooted, lumbering, with his jaws grown into great jowls of bone, his arms elongated and ending in hooks.
After he had all the fun he wanted out of the lumbering frigate, he spread all sail again and soon left her out of sight.
The Japanese are engaged chiefly in lumbering and fishing, but the Chinese are found everywhere in the province.
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