Thesaurus: slumber

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1. v. i. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.
2. v. i. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.
3. v. t. To lay to sleep.
4. v. t. To stun; to stupefy.
5. n. Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.
6. n. a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
7. n. a dormant or quiescent state
8. v. be asleep
9. Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep orsound; repose.He at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep, whichdetained 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.
10. v:28/n:72 n. a dormant or quiescent state