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slum⋅ber
[sluhm-ber] 
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to sleep, esp. lightly; doze; drowse. |
| 2. | to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm: Vesuvius is slumbering. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to spend or pass (time) in slumbering (often fol. by away, out, or through): to slumber the afternoon away. |
| 4. | to dispel or forget by slumbering (often fol. by away): to slumber cares away. |
–noun
| 5. | Sometimes, slumbers. sleep, esp. light sleep. |
| 6. | a period of sleep, esp. light sleep. |
| 7. | a state of inactivity, quiescence, etc. |
Origin:
1175–1225; (v.) ME slumeren, freq. of slumen to doze, deriv. of OE slūma sleep (see -er 6 ); cf. G schlummern; (n.) ME slomur, slomber, deriv. of the v.
1175–1225; (v.) ME slumeren, freq. of slumen to doze, deriv. of OE slūma sleep (see -er 6 ); cf. G schlummern; (n.) ME slomur, slomber, deriv. of the v.
Related forms:
slum⋅ber⋅er, noun
slum⋅ber⋅less, adjective
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| slum·ber (slŭm'bər) v. slum·bered, slum·ber·ing, slum·bers v. intr.
To pass (time) in sleep: slumbered the night away. n.
[Middle English slumeren, slumberen, frequentative of slumen, to doze, probably from slume, light sleep, from Old English slūma.] slum'ber·er n., slum'ber·ing·ly adv. |
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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. 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.Slumber
Slum"ber\, v. t. 1. To lay to sleep. [R.] --Wotton. 2. To stun; to stupefy. [Obs.] --Spenser.Slumber
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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Language Translation for : slumber
Spanish:
dormir,
German:
schlummern,
Japanese:
眠る
slumber
1362, alteration of slumeren (c.1220), freq. form of slumen "to doze," probably from O.E. sluma "light sleep" (cf. M.Du. slumen, Du. sluimeren, Ger. schlummern "to slumber"). Frequentative on the notion of "intermittent light sleep." The noun is attested from c.1386. Slumber party first recorded 1942.
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