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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended;
- Example: "he didn't get enough sleep last night"
- Example: "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
[syn: sleep, slumber]

2. a dormant or quiescent state;


VERB (1)

1. be asleep;
[syn: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. --Ps. cxxi. 4. [1913 Webster] 2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope?" --Young. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Slumber \Slum"ber\, v. t. 1. To lay to sleep. [R.] --Wotton. [1913 Webster] 2. To stun; to stupefy. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Fast asleep? It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, slumber] 2: a dormant or quiescent state v 1: be asleep [syn: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's] [ant: wake]