slumber
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈslʌmbər/
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- The baby fell into a peaceful slumber as soon as the lullaby started.
- deep slumber
- a slumber party
- awaken from slumber
My eyelids start to open, I start to arise from my slumber and I realized the sun is out.
- My eyelids start to open, I start to arise from my slumber and I realized the sun is out.
- Like your creatures that have woken up from a long slumber, right?
- So the book is on the one sense a call to misanthropes to hopefully shake them out of their slumber.
- This is where, you know, the guests get a slumber and the magic happens.
Examples
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My eyelids start to open, I start to arise from my slumber and I realized the sun is out.
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So all we need to do now then is go see how the old setup has survived its long slumber here in the storage unit.
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A little slumber party with the Core Four!
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Hey, I say the first night we get it, we have a slumber party.
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This is the sweetest slumber party ever.
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Jed is having a slumber party on New Year's Eve, and he invited me.
Fiction book (1993) -
On her return to the Roncire home, she fell into a deep slumber.
Academic text (2010) -
But the rigors of travel have had their effect, and soon I'm lost in deep slumber.
Academic text (2003) -
Lester is suddenly awakened from his conformist slumber one evening while attending a basketball game.
Academic text (2002) -
A traditional allegorical presentation, Germania is shown rising from a deep slumber on a luxurious bearskin.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
178
1.0
A long time of being not active like hibernation or death
16
7.2
A short sleep taken to rest, often at night
14
2.8
A heavy sleep when the body and mind rest and are not aware of surroundings
1
4.0
A very heavy sleep that is hard to wake from
1
2.8
A short light sleep often taken without meaning to
1
3.7
A short, shallow sleep you wake up easily from
1
8.0
A light sleep when you are partly asleep
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Etymology
Slumber comes from an old English word that meant 'sleep' or 'doze'. So imagine a quiet, soft sleep—this is why we call a resting volcano or a quiet city 'in slumber' when it is not active.