📖 Definitions of "Slumbers"
noun
- 1
A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
- 2
A state of ignorance or inaction.
verb
- 1
To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.
- 2
To be inactive or negligent.
- 3
To lay to sleep.
- 4
To stun; to stupefy.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Slumbers"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sleepnoun | (uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm. |
| kipnoun | (informal, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze. |
| cradledverb | (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep). |
| slumberous | Sleepy, drowsy. |
| sleepingnoun | The state of being asleep, or an instance of this. |
| sleepsverb | (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. |
| snoozingverb | (intransitive) To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze. |
| deep sleepnoun | (medicine) stage 3 of non-rapid eye movement sleep |
| sleepy | Tired; feeling the need for sleep. |
| asleep | In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. |
| drowsingverb | The act of one who drowses. |
| sleep onverb | (idiomatic) To postpone (a decision) at least overnight, to avoid making a hasty choice. |
| sleep inverb | (idiomatic) To sleep late; to go on sleeping past one's customary or planned hour. |
| slumberlandnoun | An imaginary place inhabited by those who are asleep; (by extension) the state of slumber. |
| somnolencenoun | A state of drowsiness or sleepiness. |
| nappingnoun | The act of taking a nap or short sleep. |
| fall asleepverb | To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep. |
| dozingnoun | A light sleep. |
| hibernatingverb | (intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep. |
| sleepernoun | Someone who sleeps. |
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