slumber

slum·ber

S0486000 (slŭm′bər)v. slum·bered, slum·ber·ing, slum·bers v.intr.1. To sleep.2. To be dormant or quiescent.v.tr. To pass (time) in sleep: slumbered the night away.n.1. Sleep.2. A state of inactivity or dormancy.

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[Middle English slumeren, slumberen, frequentative of slumen, to doze, probably from slume, light sleep, from Old English slūma.]

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slum′ber·er n.slum′ber·ing·ly adv.

slumber

(ˈslʌmbə) vb1. (intr) to sleep, esp peacefully2. (intr) to be quiescent or dormant3. (foll by: away) to spend (time) sleepingn4. (sometimes plural) sleep5. a dormant or quiescent state[Old English slūma sleep (n); related to Middle High German slummeren, Dutch sluimeren] ˈslumberer n ˈslumberless adj

slum•ber

(ˈslʌm bər)

v.i. 1. to sleep, esp. lightly; doze. 2. to be in a state of inactivity, quiescence, or calm. v.t. 3. to spend or pass (time) in slumbering (often fol. by away). n. 4. sleep, esp. light sleep. 5. a period of light sleep. 6. a state of inactivity, quiescence, etc. [1175–1225; (v.) Middle English slumeren, frequentative of slumen to doze, derivative of Old English slūma sleep (see -er⁶)] slum′ber•er, n.

Slumber

 of the Old Guard:—Lipton, 1970.

slumber

Past participle: slumbered
Gerund: slumbering

Imperative
slumber
slumber

Present
I slumber
you slumber
he/she/it slumbers
we slumber
you slumber
they slumber

Preterite
I slumbered
you slumbered
he/she/it slumbered
we slumbered
you slumbered
they slumbered

Present Continuous
I am slumbering
you are slumbering
he/she/it is slumbering
we are slumbering
you are slumbering
they are slumbering

Present Perfect
I have slumbered
you have slumbered
he/she/it has slumbered
we have slumbered
you have slumbered
they have slumbered

Past Continuous
I was slumbering
you were slumbering
he/she/it was slumbering
we were slumbering
you were slumbering
they were slumbering

Past Perfect
I had slumbered
you had slumbered
he/she/it had slumbered
we had slumbered
you had slumbered
they had slumbered

Future
I will slumber
you will slumber
he/she/it will slumber
we will slumber
you will slumber
they will slumber

Future Perfect
I will have slumbered
you will have slumbered
he/she/it will have slumbered
we will have slumbered
you will have slumbered
they will have slumbered

Future Continuous
I will be slumbering
you will be slumbering
he/she/it will be slumbering
we will be slumbering
you will be slumbering
they will be slumbering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been slumbering
you have been slumbering
he/she/it has been slumbering
we have been slumbering
you have been slumbering
they have been slumbering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been slumbering
you will have been slumbering
he/she/it will have been slumbering
we will have been slumbering
you will have been slumbering
they will have been slumbering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been slumbering
you had been slumbering
he/she/it had been slumbering
we had been slumbering
you had been slumbering
they had been slumbering

Conditional
I would slumber
you would slumber
he/she/it would slumber
we would slumber
you would slumber
they would slumber

Past Conditional
I would have slumbered
you would have slumbered
he/she/it would have slumbered
we would have slumbered
you would have slumbered
they would have slumbered

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slumber - 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"sleepsleeping - the state of being asleepnonrapid eye movement, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM, NREM sleep, orthodox sleep - a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep timeparadoxical sleep, rapid eye movement, rapid eye movement sleep, REM, REM sleep - a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleepshuteye - informal term for sleepphysical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
	2.	slumber - a dormant or quiescent statedormancy, quiescence, quiescency - a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy"
Verb	1.	slumber - be asleepcatch some Z's, kip, log Z's, sleeprest - be at restpractice bundling, bundle - sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothedcatch a wink, catnap, nap - take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"sleep in, sleep late - sleep later than usual or customary; "On Sundays, I sleep in"hibernate, hole up - sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"aestivate, estivate - sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate"

slumber

noun1. sleep, nap, doze, rest, kip (Brit. informal), snooze (informal), siesta, catnap, forty winks (informal), zizz (Brit. informal) He had fallen into exhausted slumber.verb1. sleep, nap, doze, kip (Brit. slang), snooze (informal), lie dormant, drowse, zizz (Brit. informal) The older three girls are still slumbering peacefully.

slumber

verbTo be asleep:sleep.Idioms: be in the land of Nod, catch some shuteye, sleep like a log, sleep tight.nounThe natural recurring condition of suspended consciousness by which the body rests:sleep.Slang: shuteye.Idioms: land of Nod, the arms of Morpheus.

Translations

睡眠

slumber

(ˈslambə) verb to sleep. 睡眠 睡眠 noun sleep. She was in a deep slumber; I didn't want to disturb your slumbers. 睡眠 睡眠