lumbering

[ luhm-ber-ing ]

noun

1. the trade or business of cutting and preparing lumber.

lumbering

¹

/ ˈlʌmbərɪŋ /

adjective

1. awkward in movement
2. moving with a rumbling sound

lumbering

²

/ ˈlʌmbərɪŋ /

noun

1. the business or trade of cutting, transporting, preparing, or selling timber

Derived Forms

• ˈlumberingness, noun
• ˈlumberingly, adverb

Other Words From

• un·lumber·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lumbering¹

First recorded in 1765–75; lumber ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The animal belongs to a herd of hefty herbivores who spend their days lumbering through an open landscape of conifers and gingkos, horsetails and monkey puzzle trees.

From Los Angeles Times

Like, say, maintaining his X-rated shrubbery or reanimating dead flesh into a lumbering errand boy.

From Salon

This finding may explain why we lumbering humans seldom squash flies.

From BBC

Also known as water bears and moss piglets, tardigrades sport blobby physiques, lumbering gaits and perfectly circular mouths stuck in the middle of their otherwise-featureless faces.

From Salon

Congress is a lumbering beast of a place, deeply polarized and highly antagonistic, and Porter said there’s little desire by leaders of either major party to fix that.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• hulking
• ungainly
• unwieldy