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Meaning of
'slumber'
(Webster Dictionary)
1 .
Slumber
[
n.
]
- Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.
2 .
Slumber
[
v. i.
]
- To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.
- To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.
3 .
Slumber
[
v. t.
]
- To lay to sleep.
- To stun; to stupefy.
Meaning of 'slumber' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 .
slumber
[
n
]
Meaning (1):
- a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
Example in sentence:
calm as a child in dreamless slumber;
he didn't get enough sleep last night
Nearby Words:
slub
slubbed
slubber
slubberdegullion
slubbered
slubbering
slubberingly
slubbing
sludge
sludger
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