business of cutting down and preparing trees for sale, buying and selling of timber
hulking, characterized by an awkward and heavy gait
move heavily or awkwardly; make a rumbling sound; accumulate, collect, clutter with useless objects; chop down trees and saw them into rough planks and boards
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Lumbering Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Lumber
of Lumber
(n.)
The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
lumbering
\lum"ber*ing\, n. the business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber. [u.s.]
Noun
1. the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
(hypernym) trade, craft
Adjective
1. slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
(synonym) heavy, ponderous
(similar) heavy-footed
Noun
1. the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
(synonym) timber
(hypernym) building material
(hyponym) stock
(substance-meronym) wood
(derivation) log
2. an implement used in baseball by the batter
(synonym) baseball bat
(hypernym) bat
(part-meronym) handle, grip, handgrip, hold
Verb
1. move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
(synonym) pound
(hypernym) walk
2. cut lumber, as in woods and forests
(synonym) log
(hypernym) fell, drop, strike down, cut down
(derivation) timber
Lumbering Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars.
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