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[ luhm-ber-ing ] / ˈlʌm bər ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lumbering ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe trade or business of cutting and preparing lumber. Origin of lumberingFirst recorded in 1765–75; lumber1 + -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM lumberingun·lum·ber·ing, adjectiveWords nearby lumberinglumbar rib, lumbar splanchnic nerve, lumbar triangle, lumbar vein, lumber, lumbering, lumberjack, lumber jacket, lumberman, lumbermill, Lumber River Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lumberingBut his lumbering lurch toward the Ted Cruz tin-foil-hat convention should instead be an object lesson for Republicans to come. Will the GOP Get the Message in Kansas?|Ana Marie Cox|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST For now, Carlisle says the best way to keep rhinos alive is by moving them, one lumbering gray creature at a time. South Africa’s Great Rhino Airlift|Nina Strochlic|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Today, however, that same, lumbering Julio Cesar kept Brazil in the World Cup. World Cup 2014 Nail-Biter: Host Country Brazil Defeats Chile on Penalty Kicks|Tunku Varadarajan|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Pop, pop, pop, Ali—then Cassius Clay—surrounded the lumbering Scandinavian with zinging leather. The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull|Mark Jacobson|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This was about the time a Texas lumbering company was becoming a major stockholder in Time Inc. ‘The Land of the Permanent Wave’ Is Bud Shrake’s Classic Take on ‘60s Texas|Edwin Shrake|February 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST He became wider awake, and kept up the lumbering run to Canyon City. John raced past the lumbering sergeant and put forth all his strength to catch up with Menehwehna. Fort Amity|Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch He found a tall, lumbering sort of fellow, one of the "finest pisantry in the world," whose appearance was not much in his favour. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various A moment later his suspicions were confirmed, and he knew that the lumbering wagon was his foster-father's. The Boys of Old Monmouth|Everett T. Tomlinson Everybody pursues his daily task, the ordinary routine goes on in its slow and lumbering way. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan|Pter Vay
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nounmainly US and Canadian the business or trade of cutting, transporting, preparing, or selling timber British Dictionary definitions for lumbering (2 of 2)
adjectiveawkward in movement moving with a rumbling sound Derived forms of lumberinglumberingly, adverblumberingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lumberinghulking, unwieldy, ungainly, heavy, halting, bumbling, bovine, overgrown, clunking, splay, blundering, elephantine, gauche, gawky, inept, lumpish, maladroit, ponderous, wooden, klutzy |