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Adjective lumbering has 1 sense

heavy, lumbering, ponderous - 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"
Antonym: light-footed (indirect, via heavy-footed)

Noun lumbering has 1 sense

lumbering - the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
--₁ is a kind of trade, craft

Verb lumber has 2 senses

lumber, pound - move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
--₁ is one way to walk
Sample sentence:
The children lumber to the playground
log, lumber - cut lumber, as in woods and forests
--₂ is one way to fell, drop, strike down, cut down

Derived form: noun lumber₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s