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- DictionarySlum·ber/ˈsləmbər/
verb
- 1. sleep: "Sleeping Beauty slumbered in her forest castle"
noun
- 1. a sleep: "scaring folk from their slumbers"
The meaning of SLUMBER is to sleep lightly : doze. How to use slumber in a sentence.
slumber. noun [ C or U ] literary uk / ˈslʌm.bə r/ us / ˈslʌm.bɚ /. Add to word list. sleep: I fell into a gentle slumber. I didn't want to rouse you from your slumbers. figurative Sharp cuts in interest rates have failed to bring the economy out of its slumber. Synonyms.
To slumber is to sleep, sometimes specifically to sleep lightly or doze. You can slumber in your bed, in your airplane seat, or through your alarm in the morning. Slumber can also describe a peacefulness, like your quiet street that seems to slumber early in the morning.
verb (used without object) to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse. to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm: Vesuvius is slumbering.
slumber. noun [ C or U ] literary us / ˈslʌm.bɚ / uk / ˈslʌm.bə r/. Add to word list. sleep: I fell into a gentle slumber. I didn't want to rouse you from your slumbers. figurative Sharp cuts in interest rates have failed to bring the economy out of its slumber. Synonyms.
1. ( intr) to sleep, esp peacefully. 2. ( intr) to be quiescent or dormant. 3. (foll by: away) to spend (time) sleeping. n. 4. ( sometimes plural) sleep. 5. a dormant or quiescent state. [Old English slūma sleep (n); related to Middle High German slummeren, Dutch sluimeren] ˈslumberer n. ˈslumberless adj.
to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm. Vesuvius is slumbering. transitive verb. 3. (often fol. by away, out, or through) to spend or pass (time) in slumbering. to slumber the afternoon away. 4. (often fol. by away) to dispel or forget by slumbering. to slumber cares away.
Slumber Definition. To spend in sleeping. To sleep. To be dormant, negligent, or inactive. To pass (time) in sleep. Slumbered the night away. Sleep. An inactive state. A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
A complete guide to the word "SLUMBER": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
slumber. noun [ C, U ] literary uk / ˈslʌmbə r/ us. Add to word list Add to word list. sleep: She lay down on the bed and fell into a deep slumber.
