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['lʌmbərɪŋ]adjective [animal, person] au pas lourd (after n); fig [bureaucracy] pesant -
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lumber ['lʌmbə(r)]1 noun∎ to get a lumber faire une touche(a) (large person, animal) marcher pesamment;∎ I could hear him lumbering down the stairs je l'entendais descendre l'escalier d'un pas pesant;∎ she lumbered into the room elle entra dans la pièce d'un pas lourd;∎ the tanks lumbered into the centre of the town la lourde colonne de chars avançait vers le centre de la ville►► lumber jacket grosse veste f de bûcheron;British lumber room débarras m∎ (usu passive) (encumber) to lumber sb with sth refiler qch à qn;∎ I'll get lumbered with it ça va me retomber dessus;∎ they've lumbered me with the cooking c'est moi qui me suis tapé tous les repas;∎ I was lumbered with him for the whole evening je l'ai eu sur le dos pendant toute la soirée
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Lumbering — Lum ber*ing, n. The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lumbering — index ponderous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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lumbering — lumbering1 [lum′bər iŋ] n. ☆ the work or business of cutting down trees and preparing lumber lumbering2 [lum′bər iŋ] adj. 1. moving heavily, clumsily, or noisily 2. rumbling lumberingly adv … English World dictionary
Lumbering — Lumber Lum ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lumbering}.] 1. To heap together in disorder. Stuff lumbered together. Rymer. [1913 Webster] 2. To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lumbering — adjective he was a lumbering bear of a man Syn: clumsy, awkward, heavy footed, slow, blundering, bumbling, inept, maladroit, uncoordinated, ungainly, ungraceful, gauche, lumpish, hulking, ponderous; informal clodhopping Ant: nimble … Thesaurus of popular words
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lumbering — I noun the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber • Hypernyms: ↑trade, ↑craft II adjective slow and laborious because of weight the heavy tread of tired troops moved with a lumbering sag bellied trot … Useful english dictionary
lumbering — /lum beuhr ing/, n. the trade or business of cutting and preparing lumber. [1765 75; LUMBER1 + ING1] * * * … Universalium
lumbering — 1. noun The business of felling trees for lumber. 2. adjective a) Clumsy or awkward. b) Heavy, slow and laborious; ponderous … Wiktionary
lumbering — Synonyms and related words: Christmas tree farming, Latinate, afforestation, all thumbs, ambling, ambulation, arboriculture, awkward, backpacking, blunderheaded, blundering, bombastic, boorish, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, careless … Moby Thesaurus