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noun
the trade or business of cutting and preparing lumber.
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Lumbering
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noun
1.
timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
2.
miscellaneous useless articles that are stored away.
verb (used without object)
3.
to cut timber and prepare it for market.
4.
to become useless or to be stored away as useless.
verb (used with object)
5.
to convert (a specified amount, area, etc.) into lumber: We lumbered more than a million acres last year.
6.
to heap together in disorder.
7.
to fill up or obstruct with miscellaneous useless articles; encumber.
Origin:
1545–55; orig. noun use of lumber2; i.e., useless goods that weigh one down, impede one's movements
1545–55; orig. noun use of lumber2; i.e., useless goods that weigh one down, impede one's movements
Related forms
lum·ber·er, noun
lum·ber·less, adjective
verb (used without object)
1.
to move clumsily or heavily, especially from great or ponderous bulk: overloaded wagons lumbering down the dirt road.
2.
to make a rumbling noise.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English lomeren; compare dialectal Swedish lomra to resound, loma to walk heavily
1300–50; Middle English lomeren; compare dialectal Swedish lomra to resound, loma to walk heavily
Related forms
lum·ber·ly, adjective
Synonyms
1. trudge, barge, plod.
1. trudge, barge, plod.
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