lumbering

• Describe a una persona o cosa que se mueve de manera lenta, pesada y torpe, como avanzando con dificultad.

Describes a person or thing that moves in a slow, heavy, and awkward way.

1. Slow and heavyB2formal

   Moving in a slow, heavy, and awkward way, typically due to large size or weight.

   Pesado y torpe al moverse

   • The lumbering elephant made its way through the jungle.
   • A lumbering truck slowly climbed the steep hill.
   • His lumbering gait made him easy to spot in a crowd.

   Sinónimosawkwardclumsycumbersomeheavyheavy-footedlaboredlumpishponderousslow-movingungainly

   Antónimosagilegracefullightnimblequickswift

• La actividad o negocio de cortar, preparar y vender madera.

The trade or business of cutting, preparing, and selling timber.

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1. Timber tradeB2formal

   The business or activity of cutting, preparing, and selling timber.

   Comercio de madera

   • Lumbering is a major industry in the Pacific Northwest.
   • He worked in lumbering for over twenty years.
   • The region's economy relies heavily on lumbering.

   Sinónimoslogging

• Verbo que designa un movimiento lento, pesado y torpe, o la acción de cargar a alguien con algo no deseado o molesto.

A verb used to indicate the act of moving in a slow, heavy, and awkward way, or to burden someone with something unwanted.

1. Move heavily and clumsilyB2formal

   To move in a slow, heavy, and awkward way.

   moverse pesadamente

   • The bear lumbered through the forest.
   • He lumbered up the stairs, exhausted.
   • The old truck lumbered down the dirt road.

   Sinónimosclumpgalumphlurchplodshamblestaggerstumptrudgewaddle

   Antónimosboundglideskipsprint

2. Cut and prepare timberB2formal

   To cut down trees and prepare them for use as wood.

   Talar y preparar madera

   • They lumbered the forest for construction materials.
   • The company has been lumbering in this region for decades.
   • Workers lumbered the pine trees for export.

   Sinónimosfellhewlogsaw