[sluhm-ber] 
| 1. | to sleep, esp. lightly; doze; drowse. |
| 2. | to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm: Vesuvius is slumbering. |
| 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. |
| 5. | Sometimes, slumbers. sleep, esp. light sleep. |
| 6. | a period of sleep, esp. light sleep. |
| 7. | a state of inactivity, quiescence, etc. |
| 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. |