'Slumber' definitions:

Definition of 'slumber'

(from WordNet)
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" [syn: sleep, slumber]
noun
A dormant or quiescent state
verb
Be asleep [syn: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's] [ant: wake]

Definition of 'Slumber'

From: GCIDE
  • Slumber \Slum"ber\, v. t.
  • 1. To lay to sleep. [R.] --Wotton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To stun; to stupefy. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Slumber'

From: GCIDE
  • Slumber \Slum"ber\, n. Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Fast asleep? It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Slumber'

From: GCIDE
  • Slumber \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. [1913 Webster]
  • He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. --Ps. cxxi. 4. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope?" --Young. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'slumber'

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