SLUMBER

slumber

(noun) a dormant or quiescent state

sleep, slumber

(noun) a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; “he didn’t get enough sleep last night”; “calm as a child in dreamless slumber”

sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's

(verb) be asleep

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

slumber (plural slumbers)

A very light state of sleep, almost awake.

(figurative) A state of ignorance or inaction.

Verb

slumber (third-person singular simple present slumbers, present participle slumbering, simple past and past participle slumbered)

(intransitive) To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.

(intransitive) To be inactive or negligent.

(transitive, obsolete) To lay to sleep.

(transitive, obsolete) To stun; to stupefy.

Anagrams

• Blumers, Bulmers, Rumbles, lumbers, rumbles, slumbre, umbrels

Source: Wiktionary

Slum"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering.] Etym: [OE. slombren, slumberen, slumeren, AS. slumerian, fr. sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to slumber, MHG. slummern, slumen, G. schlummern, Dan. slumre, Sw. slumra, Goth. slawan to be silent.]

1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. Piers Plowman. He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. cxxi. 4.

2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope" Young.

Slum"ber, v. t.

1. To lay to sleep. [R.] Wotton.

2. To stun; to stupefy. [Obs.] Spenser.

Slum"ber, n.

Definition: Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose. He at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep, which detained him in that place until it was almost night. Bunyan. Fast asleep It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. Shak. Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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