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slumber

[ sluhm-ber ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
  2. to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm:

    Vesuvius is slumbering.



verb (used with object)

  1. to spend or pass (time) in slumbering (often followed by away, out, or through ):

    to slumber the afternoon away.

  2. to dispel or forget by slumbering (often followed by away ):

    to slumber cares away.

noun

  1. Sometimes slumbers. sleep, especially light sleep.
  2. a period of sleep, especially light sleep.
  3. a state of inactivity, quiescence, etc.

slumber

/ ˈʌə /

verb

  1. intr to sleep, esp peacefully
  2. intr to be quiescent or dormant
  3. trfoll byaway to spend (time) sleeping
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. sometimes plural sleep
  2. a dormant or quiescent state
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳ, adjective
  • ˈܳ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܳb· noun
  • ܳb· adjective
  • ܲ·ܳb·Բ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of slumber1

1175–1225; (v.) Middle English slumeren, frequentative of slumen to doze, derivative of Old English ū sleep ( -er 6 ); compare German schlummern; (noun) Middle English slomur, slomber, derivative of the v.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of slumber1

Old English ū sleep (n); related to Middle High German slummeren, Dutch sluimeren
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Example Sentences

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Or a small, scrunched face slumbering in a stroller.

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Parts of him that had long slumbered were waking up.

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If there is indeed a slumbering mass of Americans who believe in real “we the people” democracy, they need to wake up. immediately.

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Or, in this case, awaken from a phantasmic slumber in a bedroom upstairs to the sound of a car pulling into the driveway outside.

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For example, lower levels of sleep apnoea – when breathing stops and starts while slumbering – is thought to be down to losing weight around the tongue and throat, which can block the airways.

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