About The Word Slumber
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Slumber
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What's The Definition Of Slumber?
[n] a dormant or quiescent state
[n] 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" [v] be asleep Synonyms | Synonyms for Slumber: catch some Z's | kip | log Z's | sleep | sleep Related Terms | Find terms related to Slumber: See Also | aestivate | bundle | catch a wink | catnap | dormancy | estivate | hibernate | hole up | live in | live out | nap | nonrapid eye movement | nonrapid eye movement sleep | NREM | NREM sleep | orthodox sleep | paradoxical sleep | physiological condition | physiological state | practice bundling | quiescence | quiescency | rapid eye movement | rapid eye movement sleep | REM | REM sleep | repose | rest | shuteye | sleep in | sleep late | sleep out | sleeping Slumber In Webster's Dictionary \Slum"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slumbered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Slumbering}.] [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. 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. |
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