slumber
pronunciation
How to pronounce slumber in British English:
UK [ˈslʌmbə(r)]
How to pronounce slumber in American English:
US [ˈslʌmbɚ]
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- Noun:
- a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
- a dormant or quiescent state
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- Verb:
- be asleep
Word Origin
- slumber (n.)
- mid-14c., from slumber (v.). Slumber party first recorded 1942. Slumberland is from 1875.
- slumber (v.)
- mid-14c. alteration of slumeren (mid-13c.), frequentative form of slumen "to doze," probably from Old English sluma "light sleep" (compare Middle Dutch slumen, Dutch sluimeren, German schlummern "to slumber"). Frequentative on the notion of "intermittent light sleep." For the -b-, compare number, lumber, chamber, etc. Related: Slumbered; slumbering.
Example
- 1. But how does slumber present us with answers ?
- 2. The products claim that a flat , featureless , continuous sound somehow encourages slumber .
- 3. Light regulates the body 's biological clock-priming an individual 's metabolism for predictable events such as meals and slumber .
- 4. For instance , a two-hour nap may leave you feeling disoriented and groggy , and even disrupt your nighttime slumber .
- 5. Far from trying to rouse us from slumber , its role is now to offer us a cup of warm milk before bed .