Category:Slumber

Slum"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering.] Etym: [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. He that keepeth israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. cxxi. 4.

2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. "why slumbers pope" young.

Slumber Slum"ber, v. t.

1. To lay to sleep. [r.] Wotton.

2. To stun; to stupefy. [obs.] Spenser.

Slumber Slum"ber, n.

Defn: sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or Sound; repose. 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. Fast asleep it is no matter; enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. Shak. Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. Dryden.