lumbering

  • 11lumbering — Synonyms and related words: Christmas tree farming, Latinate, afforestation, all thumbs, ambling, ambulation, arboriculture, awkward, backpacking, blunderheaded, blundering, bombastic, boorish, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, careless …

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  • 12lumbering — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. clumsy, blundering, overgrown; see awkward 1 , crude 1 , heavy 1 . n. Syn. timbering, felling trees, cutting logs, getting out lumber, cutting off, cutting over, lumberjacking, milling, tree farming, sawing, logging,… …

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  • 13lumbering — lum·ber·ing || lÊŒmbÉ™rɪŋ n. business of cutting down and preparing trees for sale, buying and selling of timber adj. hulking, characterized by an awkward and heavy gait lum·ber || lÊŒmbÉ™(r) n. trees that have been sawed into rough planks;… …

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  • 14lumbering — noun chiefly N. Amer. cut and prepare forest timber for transport and sale. → lumber …

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  • 15lumbering — a. 1. Trudging, moving slowly. 2. Cumbrous, cumbersome, clumsy, awkward, unwieldy, ponderous …

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  • 16lumbering — adj 1. clumsy, awkward, ungraceful, ungainly; oafish, doltish, cloddish, heavy footed, lubberly, bearish, bovine, lumpish, hulking; stodgy, stolid, heavy, unwieldy, ponderous; stiff, uneasy, wooden, gawky, constrained. 2. bungling, blundering,… …

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  • 17lumbering — adjective Syn: clumsy, awkward, slow, blundering, bumbling, ponderous; informal clodhopping Ant: nimble, agile …

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  • 18lumbering — UK [ˈlʌmbərɪŋ] / US adjective walking slowly because of being large and heavy …

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  • 19lumbering — I. /ˈlʌmbərɪŋ/ (say lumbuhring) noun Chiefly US, Canadian the trade or business of cutting and preparing timber. {lumber1 + ing1} II. /ˈlʌmbərɪŋ/ (say lumbuhring) adjective moving clumsily or heavily; awkward. { …

  • 20lumbering —   Pepe ekue (as a puppy s feet) …

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