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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024slum•ber /ˈslʌmbɚ/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- Physiologyto sleep.
n. - Physiology[uncountable] sleep.
- Physiology[countable] a period of sleep.
slum•ber•ous, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slum•ber (slum′bər),USA pronunciation v.i. - Physiologyto sleep, esp. lightly;
doze;
drowse. - to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm:Vesuvius is slumbering.
v.t. - to spend or pass (time) in slumbering (often fol. by away, out, or through):to slumber the afternoon away.
- to dispel or forget by slumbering (often fol. by away):to slumber cares away.
n. - PhysiologySometimes, slumbers. sleep, esp. light sleep.
- Physiologya period of sleep, esp. light sleep.
- a state of inactivity, quiescence, etc.
- 1175–1225; (verb, verbal) Middle English slumeren, frequentative of slumen to doze, derivative of Old English slūma sleep (see -er6); compare German schlummern; (noun, nominal) Middle English slomur, slomber, derivative of the verb, verbal
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: slumber /ˈslʌmbə/ vb - (intransitive) to sleep, esp peacefully
- (intransitive) to be quiescent or dormant
- (transitive) followed by away: to spend (time) sleeping
n - (sometimes plural) sleep
- a dormant or quiescent state
Etymology: Old English slūma sleep (n); related to Middle High German slummeren, Dutch sluimerenˈslumberer n |