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to lumber

to lumber

1 4.4
To cut down trees and make wood for building
  • verb
  • /ˈlʌmbər/
  • US
translation icon : talar
  • You seemed to be arguing that there is no reason to count votes because the US government will lumber forward with its monolithic theft from the people, regardless of which party is in power.

Examples

  • Over the years, seeing the same faces in the windows of the hospital, the same figures in soft robes lumbering down the gravel footpath, I became comforted by how little anything changed.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Yep, these were tough times for our lumbering hero.

    Walking with Dinosaurs (2013)

  • After ten minutes, three soldiers lumber back to the command bunker.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Most old growth trees would be up in smoke were it not for the lumbering operations.

    Blog text (24)

  • They sought to employ large tracts of forested land as a lumbering project and were granted a standard forestry clause to be added to the original lease.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Alabama, as well as adjoining parts of Mississippi, are a poor hill people of the wooded country who subsist by lumbering, turpentine extraction, and various odd jobs.

    Academic text (1998)

  • By the 1830s, this waterscape, altered by various wing dams, had emerged as the hub of lumbering activities on the largest watershed within the borders of Maine.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The day the old man was buried from the little church of the Foot-Washing Baptists, Blunt was approached by the only representative of Big Business in the county, the manager of a lumbering outfit that was winding up operations, there being no forests left worth ravaging.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The workers spent the entire summer lumbering throughout the forest to prepare the trees for timber.

  • She watched as the crew began lumbering the large oak trees into planks for construction.

Synonyms

to saw
vsto lumber
85 1.0

To cut wood using a tool with a thin toothed blade

is limited to trees and preparing them as construction material
to log
vsto lumber
37 4.4

To cut down trees to get wood

includes preparing wood beyond just cutting trees for harvest
to timber
vsto lumber
  • UK
2 4.4

To cut down trees and prepare them for wood

is the general act of cutting and preparing trees without industrial focus
to saw wood
vsto lumber
1 2.6

Cut wood with a saw

focuses more on whole tree felling and full preparation for use
to woodchopping
vsto lumber
3.2

To cut wood into smaller pieces using an axe or saw

focuses on cutting whole trees and preparing them for building use

Antonyms

to preserve
496 3.4

To keep people and things safe from harm or change

to plant
361 1.0

To put seeds or young plants into the soil so they grow

Phrasal Verbs

to lumber with
7.7

To move slowly and awkwardly while carrying something heavy

Compounds

lumber jacket
  • US
3.9

A short warm plaid wool jacket for outdoor work and casual wear

lumber room
  • Archaic
7.9

A room where people keep old or unused furniture and boxes

polished lumber
  • US
4.1

Wood that has a smooth, shiny surface and is ready for building or making furniture

How Extensive

to clear-cut
  • Specialized
2 6.1
to lumber
  • US
1 4.4
to log
37 4.4
to cut down
49 1.9

Surface Forms

lumber infinitive
lumbered past
lumbered past participle
lumbering present participle
lumbers third person singular

Etymology

Lumber (to cut trees) simply means to make lumber — to cut trees and prepare them as 'wood for building', so the verb is directly linked to the noun.