Definitions for SLUMBER
ˈslʌm bərslum·ber

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sleep, slumbernoun

   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"

2. slumberverb

   a dormant or quiescent state

3. sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z'sverb

   be asleep

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slumbernoun

   a very light state of sleep, almost awake

2. slumberverb

   To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake

3. slumberverb

   To be inactive

4. Etymology: From slomren, slombren, frequentive of slumen ("to doze"), probably from slume ("slumber"), from sluma, akin to Middle High German slumen ("to slumber"). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian gjumë arc. glûmë.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slumbernoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Light sleep; sleep not profound.

   And for his dreams, I wonder he’s so fond
   To trust the mock’ry of unquiet slumbers. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   From carelessness it shall fall into slumber, and from a slumber it shall settle into a deep and long sleep; ’till at last, perhaps, it shall sleep itself into a lethargy, and that such an one that nothing but hell and judgment shall awaken it. South.

   Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;
   Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep. Alexander Pope.

   2. Sleep; repose.

   Boy! Lucius! fast asleep? It is no matter;
   Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæs.

   Love denies
   Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes:
   Three days I promis’d to attend my doom,
   And two long days and nights are yet to come. Dryden.

2. To Slumberverb

   1. To lay to sleep.2. To stupify; to stun.

   Then up he took the slumbered senseless corse,
   And ere he could out of his swoon awake,
   Him to his castle brought. Fairy Queen.

   To honest a deed after it was done, or to slumber his conscience in the doing, he studied other incentives. Henry Wotton.

3. To SLUMBERverb

   Etymology: slumeran , Saxon; sluymeren, Dutch.

   1. To sleep lightly; to be not awake nor in profound sleep.

   He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps.

   Conscience wakes despair that slumber’d. John Milton.

   2. To sleep; to repose. Sleep and slumber are often confounded.

   God speaketh, yet man perceiveth it not: in a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed. Job xxxiii. 15.

   Have ye chosen this place,
   After the toil of battle, to repose
   Your wearied virtue, for the use you find
   To slumber here. John Milton.

   3. To be in a state of negligence and supineness.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slumberverb

   to sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze

2. Slumberverb

   to be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity

3. Slumberverb

   to lay to sleep

4. Slumberverb

   to stun; to stupefy

5. Slumbernoun

   sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose

6. Etymology: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slumber

   slum′bėr, v.i. to sleep lightly: to sleep: to be in a state of negligence or inactivity.—n. light sleep: repose.—ns. Slum′berer; Slum′bering.—adv. Slum′beringly, in a slumbering manner.—n. Slum′berland, the state of slumber.—adjs. Slum′berless, without slumber: sleepless; Slum′berous, Slum′brous, inviting or causing slumber; sleepy; Slum′bery, sleepy: drowsy. [With intrusive b from M. E. slumeren—A.S. sluma, slumber; cog. with Ger. schlummern.]

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1. lumbers

2. rumbles

3. umbrels

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SLUMBER in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SLUMBER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of SLUMBER in a Sentence

1. Giuseppe Mazzini:

   Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing.

2. Shah Asad Rizvi:

   Awaken from the slumber of despair, as the heart repairs and memories dance to the song called time

3. Bhagvei Badreshia:

   Here we feel like we are on a slumber party.

4. Russell Foster:

   We are regularly told that the' ideal' night of sleep in the aged should be seven hours of uninterrupted slumber. This belief is wrong in so many ways. Your Sleep is like shoe size ; one size does not fit all, and by classifying' good sleep' in this way can cause confusion and anxiety for many.

5. Christina Rossetti:

   I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on...

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=SLUMBER
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Slumber
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=SLUMBER
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SLUMBER
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=SLUMBER