Slumber

v. i.	1.	To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. [imp. & p. p. Slumbered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering.] He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. - Ps. cxxi. 4.
	2.	To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.
v. t.	1.	To lay to sleep.
	2.	To stun; to stupefy.
n.	1.	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.

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" Synonyms: sleep
	2.	slumber - a dormant or quiescent state
Verb	1.	slumber - be asleep Synonyms: catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, sleep

ataraxia, ataraxy, beauty sleep, beddy-bye, bedtime, blanket drill, bye-bye, calmness, coma, composure, contemplation, dorm, doss, dreamland, dullness, fitful sleep, fust, hang fire, hebetude, hibernation, idle, imperturbability, land of Nod, languor, lassitude, light sleep, lucid stillness, marmoreal repose, nap, nirvana, oversleep, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietism, quietness, quietude, restfulness, satori, saw logs, saw wood, serenity, shut-eye, silence, silken repose, sleep soundly, sleepland, sleepwalking, slumberland, smolder, snoozle, snore, somnambulism, somniloquy, somnus, stagnate, stillness, stupor, take a nap, torpidity, torpor, tranquillity, unconsciousness, vegetate, winter sleep, wise passiveness

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