slumber
to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm: Vesuvius is slumbering.
to spend or pass (time) in slumbering (often followed by away, out, or through): to slumber the afternoon away.
to dispel or forget by slumbering (often followed by away): to slumber cares away.
Sometimes slumbers. sleep, especially light sleep.
a period of sleep, especially light sleep.
a state of inactivity, quiescence, etc.
Origin of slumber
1Other words from slumber
- slum·ber·er, noun
- slum·ber·less, adjective
- un·slum·ber·ing, adjective
Words Nearby slumber
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How to use slumber in a sentence
Paul and McCain do not exactly have a history of slumber parties and hair-braiding.
Rand Paul Eats Up Hoax That John McCain Met With ISIS | Olivia Nuzzi | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMore than one-quarter of Americans are stealing those precious hours from their slumber, and are paying a steep price for it.
No one had any difficulties sleeping the deep, untroubled slumber of the brave and the just.
The Night the SEALS Captured the Butcher of Fallujah | Patrick Robinson | November 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat our Post-Puberty Dennis the Menace appears to be lost in such deep slumber seems only understandable.
This Is What Justin Bieber Looks Like Sleeping, Taken by a Groupie (VIDEO) | Kevin Fallon | November 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe way he goes about this vengeance, however, is enough a snooze for you to want to close your own coffin for an eternal slumber.
NBC’s ‘Dracula’ Sure Is Sexy, But It Isn’t Scary | Kevin Fallon | October 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Finding him awake, he sat by his side and, with the earnestness of a nursery-maid, patted him off to slumber.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe smile was still on his lips when his head drooped on a piece of ice, and he sank into a deep slumber.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneThese instructions were obeyed implicitly, and soon the camp was buried in apparent slumber.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnYung Pak and the other members of the family also retired, and were soon buried in peaceful slumber.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeHe never made any attempt to learn the abstract science of war, and until stirred by danger his character seemed to slumber.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
British Dictionary definitions for slumber
/ (ˈslʌmbə) /
(intr) to sleep, esp peacefully
(intr) to be quiescent or dormant
(tr foll by away) to spend (time) sleeping
(sometimes plural) sleep
a dormant or quiescent state
Origin of slumber
1Derived forms of slumber
- slumberer, noun
- slumberless, adjective
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