Lumbering
['lʌmb(ə)rɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lumber
(n.) The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Trudging, moving slowly.[2]. Cumbrous, cumbersome, clumsy, awkward, unwieldy.
Editor: Susanna
Examples
- A substitute for the slow animal, horse, and for the dangerous, noisy steam horse and its lumbering locomotive and train, was hailed with delight. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- You call at the Temple late,' he remarked, with a lumbering show of ease. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Symptoms of a lumbering coquetry became visible in her, and Archer found the strength to break in: But Madame Olenska--has she gone to Newport too? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Adolph tripped gracefully forward, and Tom, with lumbering tread, went after. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Here, Bruno, he called, whistling to the lumbering Newfoundland, who came pitching tumultuously toward them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There is a huge lumbering Saint Christopher yonder, sufficient to bear a whole company to the earth. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Gradually, it subsided to a foot pace, swinging and lumbering upward among the many sweet scents of a summer night. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There was a heavy lumbering of wheels within hearing. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The thought-processes in Washington are too lumbering for the needs of this nation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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