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Slumber Definition And Meaning
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.

Slumber Definition And Meaning

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

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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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