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noun. 1. : surplus or disused articles (such as furniture) that are stored away. 2. a. : timber or logs especially when dressed for use. b. : any of various structural materials prepared in a form similar to lumber. lumber adjective.
Lumbering definition: the trade or business of cutting and preparing lumber. . See examples of LUMBERING used in a sentence.
Phrasal verb. lumber someone with something. (Definition of lumbering from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of lumbering. lumbering. In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
lumbering. Other forms: lumberingly; lumberings. Someone who's lumbering moves in a heavy, ungainly way. The big, lumbering players on a football team tend to play defensive positions like lineman.
3 meanings: mainly US and Canadian the business or trade of cutting, transporting, preparing, or selling timber 1. awkward in.... Click for more definitions.
1. Timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length. 2. Something useless or cumbersome. 3. Chiefly British Miscellaneous stored articles. v. lum·bered, lum·ber·ing, lum·bers. v.tr. 1. a. To cut down (trees) and prepare as marketable timber. b. To cut down the timber of. 2.
Definitions of 'lumbering' mainly US and Canadian. the business or trade of cutting, transporting, preparing, or selling timber. [...] More. Synonyms of 'lumbering' • awkward, heavy, blundering, bumbling [...] More. Collocations with 'lumbering' lumbering giant. Examples of 'lumbering' in a sentence.
