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
slumber (plural slumbers)
A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
(figurative) A state of ignorance or inaction.
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.
• 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
18 April 2025
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