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lumbering - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'lumbering' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lumbering [ n.]
- The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
2 . Lumbering [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Lumber

Meaning of 'lumbering' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . lumbering [ s]
Meaning (1):
- slow and laborious because of weight
Example in sentence:
  • a ponderous yawn;
  • moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot;
  • ponderous prehistoric beasts;
  • the heavy tread of tired troops

Nearby Words:

lum lumachel lumachella lumbaginous lumbago lumbal lumbar lumber lumbered lumberer

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