lumbering

• Descreve uma pessoa ou coisa que se move de forma lenta, pesada e desajeitada. Também pode se referir a algo grande e volumoso que se move com dificuldade.

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.

   Lento e pesado

   • 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.

   Sinônimosawkwardclumsycumbersomeheavyheavy-footedlaboredlumpishponderousslow-movingungainly

   Antônimosagilegracefullightnimblequickswift

• Negócio ou indústria de derrubar árvores, preparar e vender madeira.

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

incontável

1. Timber tradeB2formal

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

   Exploração madeireira

   • 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.

   Sinônimoslogging

• Verbo usado para indicar movimento lento, pesado e desajeitado, ou para sobrecarregar alguém com algo indesejado.

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.

   Mover-se de forma pesada e desajeitada

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

   Sinônimosclumpgalumphlurchplodshamblestaggerstumptrudgewaddle

   Antônimosboundglideskipsprint

2. Cut and prepare timberB2formal

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

   Extrair madeira

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

   Sinônimosfellhewlogsaw