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| NOUN | 1 | slumber, sleep | A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended |
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| 2 | slumber | A dormant or quiescent state | |
| VERB | 1 | slumber, sleep, kip, log Z's, catch some Z's | Be asleep |
| Sounds | slah'mber |
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| Rhymes | absorber, amber, arbor, and 69 more rhymes in ber... |
| Meaning | A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended. |
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| Examples | "calm as a child in dreamless slumber" |
| Synonyms | sleep |
| Broader | physiological state, physiological condition |
| Narrower | sleeping; orthodox sleep, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM sleep, nonrapid eye movement, NREM; paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REM; shuteye |
| Adjectives | slumbery; slumbery |
| Verbs | slumber |
| Meaning | A dormant or quiescent state. |
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| Broader | dormancy, quiescence, quiescency |
| Adjectives | slumberous, slumbrous; slumberous, slumbrous |
| Meaning | Be asleep. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Model | Sam and Sue slumber |
| Synonyms | sleep, kip, log Z's, catch some Z's |
| Contrary | wake |
| Caused by | cause to sleep; anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put to sleep, put under, put out |
| Broader | rest |
| Narrower | bundle, practice bundling; nap, catnap, catch a wink; sleep late, sleep in; hibernate, hole up; estivate, aestivate |
| Entailed by | oversleep; snore, saw wood, saw logs; wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken; dream |
| Nouns | slumber; slumberer |
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