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Adjective: lumbering  lúm-bu-ring
  1. Slow and laborious because of weight
    "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"
    - heavy, ponderous
Noun: lumbering  lúm-bu-ring
  1. The trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
Verb: lumber  lúm-bu(r)
  1. Move heavily or clumsily
    "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
    - pound
     
  2. Cut lumber, as in woods and forests
    - log

Derived forms: lumberings

See also: heavy-footed

Type of: craft, cut down, drop, fell, strike down, trade, walk

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