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To slumber is to sleep.

(verb)

When you close your eyes and fall asleep, this is an example of a time when you slumber.

The definition of a slumber is a deep sleep.

(noun)

When you fall into a deep peaceful sleep, this is an example of a slumber.

See slumber in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to sleep
to be dormant, negligent, or inactive

Origin: ME slumeren < OE slumerian < sluma, slumber: for IE base see slug

transitive verb

to spend in sleeping

noun

sleep
an inactive state

Related Forms:

slumberer noun

See slumber in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb slum·bered, slum·ber·ing, slum·bers

verb, intransitive

To sleep.
To be dormant or quiescent.

verb, transitive

To pass (time) in sleep: slumbered the night away.

noun

Sleep.
A state of inactivity or dormancy.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English slumeren, slumberen

Origin: , frequentative of slumen, to doze

Origin: , probably from slume, light sleep

Origin: , from Old English slūma

Related Forms:

slumˈber·er noun

slumˈber·ing·ly adverb

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