slumber
[ sluhm-ber ]
/ ˈslʌm bər /
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verb (used without object)
to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm: Vesuvius is slumbering.
verb (used with object)
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.
noun
Nearby words
- sluice,
- sluicegate,
- sluiceway,
- sluit,
- slum,
- slumber party,
- slumberland,
- slumberous,
- slumberously,
- slumbershade
Origin of slumber
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English slumeren, frequentative of slumen to doze, derivative of Old English slūma sleep (see -er6); compare German schlummern; (noun) Middle English slomur, slomber, derivative of the v.
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Examples from the Web for slumberless
After a day of wild panic and slumberless nights the citizens remained at their windows.
slumber
/ (ˈslʌmbə) /
verb
(intr) to sleep, esp peacefully
(intr) to be quiescent or dormant
(tr foll by away) to spend (time) sleeping
noun
(sometimes plural) sleep
a dormant or quiescent state
Word Origin for slumber
Old English slūma sleep (n); related to Middle High German slummeren, Dutch sluimeren
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