lumbering

• Décrit une personne ou une chose qui se déplace lentement, lourdement et avec maladresse, ou qui est volumineuse et encombrante.

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.

   Se déplacer lourdement

   • 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.

   Synonymesawkwardclumsycumbersomeheavyheavy-footedlaboredlumpishponderousslow-movingungainly

   Antonymesagilegracefullightnimblequickswift

• Activité ou industrie consistant à abattre des arbres, à préparer le bois et à le vendre.

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

indénombrable

1. Timber tradeB2formal

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

   commerce du bois

   • 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.

   Synonymeslogging

• Verbe désignant un mouvement lent, lourd et maladroit, ou le fait d'encombrer ou de charger quelqu'un de quelque chose d'indésirable.

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.

   Se déplacer lourdement et maladroitement

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

   Synonymesclumpgalumphlurchplodshamblestaggerstumptrudgewaddle

   Antonymesboundglideskipsprint

2. Cut and prepare timberB2formal

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

   Débiter le bois

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

   Synonymesfellhewlogsaw