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Lumbering Common

Lumbering has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber

2

The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement.

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"

2

Clumsy or awkward.

Example Sentences
"the heavy tread of tired troops" adjective
"moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot" adjective
"ponderous prehistoric beasts" adjective
"a ponderous yawn" adjective
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
trade
Rhyming Words
ing ging ying sing ling xing ting zing fing hing qing ving ring jing ping king ning oing ding ming
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