Associations to the word «Lumbering»

Wiktionary

LUMBERING, noun. The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement.
LUMBERING, noun. (US) The business of felling trees for lumber.
LUMBERING, adjective. Clumsy or awkward.
LUMBERING, adjective. Heavy, slow and laborious; ponderous.

Dictionary definition

LUMBERING, noun. The trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber.
LUMBERING, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats