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.
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He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor
sleep. --Ps. cxxi. 4.
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2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or
inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope?" --Young.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Slumber \Slum"ber\, v. t.
1. To lay to sleep. [R.] --Wotton.
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2. To stun; to stupefy. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Slumber \Slum"ber\, n.
Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or
sound; repose.
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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.
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Fast asleep? It is no matter;
Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. --Shak.
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Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slumber
n 1: 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]
2: a dormant or quiescent state
v : be asleep [syn: sleep, kip, log Z's, catch some Z's]
[ant: wake]
WordNet (r) 2.0
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "slumber":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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