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slumber::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | catch some z's, kip, log z's, sleep |
| Type of | rest |
| Has types | bundle, catch a wink, catnap, estivate, hibernate, hole up, nap, practice bundling, sleep in, aestivate, sleep late |
| Derivation | slumberer |
slumber::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sleep |
| Type of | physiological condition, physiological state, physical condition |
| Has types | paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement, rapid eye movement sleep, rem, shut-eye, shuteye, sleeping, rem sleep, nonrapid eye movement, nonrapid eye movement sleep, nrem, nrem sleep, orthodox sleep |
| Derivation | slumbery |
calm as a child in dreamless slumber.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | dormancy, quiescence, quiescency |
| Derivation | slumberous, slumbrous |
Examples of slumber
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Meanwhile, the Heat's LeBron James was playing like a giant roused from slumber.
From the suntimes.com
In fact, daytime slumber was virtually beyond a congenitally wired type like me.
From the washingtonpost.com
The Benjamin Hotel in New York City perhaps goes the furthest to ensure slumber.
From the time.com
But for older people, more traditional pre-slumber pastimes are still in favour.
From the metro.co.uk
Riga is a beautiful city and is beautiful when it wakes from its winter slumber.
From the edition.cnn.com
Then a voice booms, jerking Clarisse from her slumber and making her heart leap.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Japan, in particular, seems to be awakening from its 13-year bear-market slumber.
From the businessweek.com
The Rams finally hit the snooze-alert button, awaking from an early fall slumber.
From the stltoday.com
Instead of coming to him in icy slumber inside a cooler, it was warm and beating.
From the latimes.com
- Sleep: 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"
- Sleep: be asleep
- A dormant or quiescent state
- Season three of Smallville, an American television series, began airing on October 1, 2003. The series recounts the early adventures of Kryptonian Clark Kent as he adjusts to life in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, during the years before he becomes Superman. ...
- A very light state of sleep, almost awake; To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake; To be inactive
