'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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ataraxia,
- ataraxy,
- beauty sleep,
- beddy-bye,
- bedtime,
- blanket drill,
- bye-bye,
- calmness,
- coma,
- composure,
- contemplation,
- dorm,
- doss,
- doze,
- dreamland,
- drowse,
- dullness,
- fitful sleep,
- fust,
- hang fire,
- hebetude,
- hibernation,
- idle,
- imperturbability,
- land of Nod,
- languor,
- lassitude,
- light sleep,
- lucid stillness,
- marmoreal repose,
- nap,
- nirvana,
- oversleep,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- placidity,
- placidness,
- quiescence,
- quiescency,
- quiet,
- quietism,
- quietness,
- quietude,
- repose,
- rest,
- restfulness,
- satori,
- saw logs,
- saw wood,
- serenity,
- shut-eye,
- silence,
- silken repose,
- sleep,
- sleep soundly,
- sleepland,
- sleepwalking,
- slumberland,
- smolder,
- snoozle,
- snore,
- somnambulism,
- somniloquy,
- somnus,
- stagnate,
- stillness,
- stupor,
- take a nap,
- torpidity,
- torpor,
- tranquillity,
- unconsciousness,
- vegetate,
- winter sleep,
- wise passiveness