lumbering
Moving without grace
Lumbering describes movement that is slow, heavy, and awkward—the gait of something large moving without grace: A bear came lumbering through the campsite.
The word suggests bulk and effort, whether describing an elephant, a truck, or a person hauling themselves out of a chair.
Lumbering also refers to the logging industry—the business of cutting and processing timber.
Moving slowly, heavily
- trudgingWalking with difficulty
- shufflingRandomizing order of items
- shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
- stompingTreading heavily, forcefully
slogging · waddling · tramping · staggering · hulking · ponderous · ungainly · awkward
Relating to bruins
- grizzlyLarge brown bear subspecies
- polar bearLarge white arctic mammal
- black bearDark-furred North American ursine
- brown bearLarge tan-furred omnivore
hibernation · den · shambling · hulking · fur · paws · claws · salmon
Recording system events
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- fellingDowning standing timber
- forestryManaging wooded land
- clearcuttingHarvesting every standing tree
log drive · skidder · chainsaw · pulpwood · woodlot · bucking · delimbing · yarding
Cone-bearing evergreen
- oakQuercus genus member
- mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
- birchPale deciduous hardwood
redwood · spruce · fir · hardwood · softwood · plank · beam · board
Harvesting every standing tree
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
overharvesting · slash-and-burn · conservation · sustainability · erosion · reforestation · carbon · wildlife
plodding
Moving slowly, heavily
- trudgingWalking with difficulty
- shufflingRandomizing order of items
- shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
stomping · slogging · waddling · tramping · staggering · hulking · ponderous · ungainly · awkward · clumsy
ursine
Relating to bruins
- grizzlyLarge brown bear subspecies
- polar bearLarge white arctic mammal
- black bearDark-furred North American ursine
brown bear · hibernation · den · shambling · hulking · fur · paws · claws · salmon · berries
logging
Recording system events
clearcutting · log drive · skidder · chainsaw · pulpwood · woodlot · bucking · delimbing · yarding · choker
pine
Cone-bearing evergreen
birch · redwood · spruce · fir · hardwood · softwood · plank · beam · board · woodgrain
clearcutting
Harvesting every standing tree
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
rainforest · overharvesting · slash-and-burn · conservation · sustainability · erosion · reforestation · carbon · wildlife · woodland
- walkingwalking, brisk walking, strolling, ambling, sauntering
- clumsinessclumsiness, clumsy, awkwardness, fumble, stumble
- clumsyclumsy, awkward, bumbling, bungling, fumbling
- primary industriesforestry, ranching, quarrying, aquaculture, fishing
- gradual motioncrawling, creeping, inching, drifting, gliding
- motionmotion, movement, velocity, speed, momentum