Slumber

Definition: Slumber

Slumber

Noun

1. A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber".

2. A dormant or quiescent state.

Verb

1. Be asleep.

Date "slumber" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Slumber

Synonyms: catch some Z's (v), kip (v), log Z's (v), sleep (v). (additional references)

Antonym: wake (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Inactivity	Sleep, slumber; sound sleep, heavy sleep, balmy sleep; Morpheus; Somnus; coma, trance, ecstasis, dream, hibernation, nap, doze, snooze, siesta, wink of sleep, forty winks, snore; hypnology.
	Sleep, slumber, be asleep; hibernate; oversleep; sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse; sleep soundly, heavily; doze, drowze, snooze, nap; take a nap; Noun: dream; snore one's best; settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep; doze off, drop off; fall asleep; drop asleep; close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids; weigh down the eyelids; get sleep, nod, yawn; go to bed, turn; get some z's, stack z's.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Slumber

English words defined with "slumber": diurnal ♦ Sloom, Slumbered, Slumberless, Sommeil. (references)

Specialty definitions using "slumber": Janum. (references)

Etymologies containing "slumber": Nystagmus. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The deep slumber of a father whose daughters aren't out being impregnated. (10 Things I Hate About You; writing credit: Karen McCullah Lutz; Kirsten Smith) That way my feet stay warm and my slumber is uninterrupted. (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin)
Lyrics	And El Dorado's I'm waking up out of my slumber feeling like Ralo (So Fresh, So Clean; performing artist: Outkast) I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. (I Am a Rock; performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel)
Movie/TV Titles	The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918) Slumber Party '57 (1977)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Achieve Sound Sleep: Guided Meditations and Subliminal Affirmations Help Guide You Into a Peaceful, Refreshing Slumber (reference) Great Slumber Parties (reference) Slumber Parties: 25 Fun-Filled Party Themes (reference) Slumber Party Book (reference) Slumber Party Fun (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Slumber Party Massacre 2 (reference) The Slumber Party Massacre (reference) Last Slumber Party (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Deeper Kind of Slumber (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Baby Slumber Deluxe Crib Mattress (reference) Especially for Baby Soothing Slumber Vibrations Station (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Men and boys slumber out of doors even in the hot sun. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Giuseppe Mazzini	Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing.
Isaac Watts	'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.
William C. Bryant	All that tread, the globe are but a handful to the tribes, that slumber in its bosom.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	She was sleeping in the absolutely confiding slumber peculiar to her age.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Bahrain	Both the ship repair and iron industries appear to be looking up after some years of slumber and may be ripe for investment in the coming years. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	In Petaluma, California, an innocent slumber party gives way to agonizing tragedy for the family of Polly Klaas.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Slumber" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.18% of the time. "Slumber" is used about 102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	91.18%	93	34,067
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	6.86%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.96%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	102	N/A

Expressions using "slumber": relapse into a deep slumber ♦ slumber away ♦ slumber party ♦ slumber wear ♦ soft slumber. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "slumber": slumber-suit.
	Ending with "slumber": half-slumber.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "slumber"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gjumë i shkurtër (nap), gjumë (doss, dreamland, repose, rest, shut eye, sleep), fle (be asleep, kip, sleep), dremitje (catnap, doze, drowse, nap, nod, somnolence, somnolency), dremit (doze, drowse, nap, nod, snooze), dremis (doze, drowse, nap, nod, snooze). (various references)

Arabic		‏هجوع (sleep), ‏هجع (sleep), ‏نام (doss, fall asleep, go to sleep, hibernate, sleep, vegetative), ‏قيلولة (meridian, nap, siesta), ‏قضى الوقت بالنوم, ‏غفو (doze off, drowse, nap), ‏سنة من النوم (doze, nap). (various references)

Bulgarian		спя (flop, kip, sleep), лек сън (dogsleep), бездействувам (be inactive, drift, hibernate, idle, screw around, sit back, sleep, twiddle one's thumbs), покой (calm, ease, peace, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietude, repose, rest), полудрямка, дремя (doze, drowse, nod, snooze). (various references)

Chinese		睡� (sleeping). (various references)

Czech		spánek (rest, shuteye, sleep, temple), dřímota (doze), dřímat (doze, drowse, snooze). (various references)

Danish		sovevogn (sleeping car). (various references)

Dutch		sluimeren (doze, nap), dutten (doze, nap), druilen (doze, nap). (various references)

Esperanto		dormeti (nap). (various references)

Faeroese		durva (doze, nap). (various references)

Farsi		چرتی , چرت زدن (Calk, Catnap, Nap, Snooze), چرت (Doze, Nap, Snooze), خواب سبک . (various references)

Finnish		uinua. (various references)

French		sommeiller (sleep), sommeil profond, sommeil paisible, sommeil léger, sommeil (sleep), somme, passer son temps � dormir, dormir (sleep). (various references)

Frisian		dodzje (doze, nap). (various references)

German		schlummern (doze, drowse, lie dormant, nap, to drowse, to slumber), Schlummer. (various references)

Greek		κοιμώμαι ελαφρώσ (snooze), κοιμάμαι ελαφρά, ελαφρόσ ύπνοσ (catnap, doze, snooze). (various references)

Hebrew		לישון (fall asleep, go to sleep, sleep), ל�"ר�"ם (drowse, fall asleep, go to sleep, nod, sleep), ל� ום (doze, fall asleep, take a nap), תר�"מ�" (hibernation, lethargy, trance), ת� ומ�" (doze, nap, sleep), � מ� ום (catnap, doze, forty winks, snooze), � ומ�" (drowsiness, sleep, somnolence). (various references)

Hungarian		szendergés (doze, nap, short steep), alvás (dormancy, doss, sleep, sleeping). (various references)

Italian		sonno (sleep), dormire tranquillamente. (various references)

Manx		saveeney (doze, slumbering), saveenaghey (slumbering), saveen (doze, nap). (various references)

Pig Latin		umberslay

Portuguese		sonolência (dormancy, drowse, somnolency, torpor), soneca (catnap, doze, drowse, nap), torpor (daze, lethargy, numbness), pequeno sono, dormitar (catnap, doze, drowse, nap, rest, snooze), cochilar (doze, drop off, drowse, nap, nod off). (various references)

Romanian		somnişor, pui de somn (cat nap, forty winks, kip, nap, short sleep, snooze), picotealã (doze), odihni (relax, repose, rest, sleep, stand), moţãi (doze, doze away, doze off, drowse, nap, nod, snooze), dormita (nap, snooze), dormi (be asleep, doze, sleep, snooze), a-şi petrece timpul dormind. (various references)

Russian		сон (doss, dream, dreamland, dreamworld, rest, shut eye, shuteye, shut-eye, sleep), спать (be asleep, doss, kip, repose, rest, sleep, sleeps, slept), дремота (dormancy, doze, drowse, nap, nod, somnolence, somnolency). (various references)

Scottish		pr� mh (a slumber, dejection, slight sleep), dùiseal , dùsal, clò-chadail. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		dremež (drowse, snooze), dremati (catnap, doze, drowse, snooze). (various references)

Spanish		echar la siesta (doze, nap). (various references)

Swedish		slumra (doze), slummer. (various references)

Thai		ช่วงเวลาที่งีบหลับ, ส� าวะสงบ, การงีบหลับ (doze, snooze), อยู่ใน� าวะสงบ, งีบหลับ (doze), ปล่อยให้เวลาผ่านไปโ�"ยการนอนหลับ. (various references)

Turkish		uyumak (be asleep, be inactive, doss, go to sleep, have rest, kip, rest, sleep, snooze), uyuklamak (be somnolent, doze, doze off, drowse, drowse off, go to the land of nod, nap, nod off, sleep, snooze, zizz), uyuklama (doze, kip, lay down, lethargy, shuteye, sleepiness, slumbers, snooze, somnolence, zizz), pineklemek (doze, drowse, nod off), pinekleme (dozing, slumbers). (various references)

Ukrainian		сон (doss, dream, dreamland, shut eye, sleep, sleeping), спочивати, дрімота (dormancy, doze, drowse, drowsiness, nap, nod, sandman, sloom), дрімати (doze, nap, nod, nod off). (various references)

Vietnamese		giấc ngủ (sleep, slept). (various references)

Welsh		pendwmpian (doze, nod), hun (self, sleep), hepian (doze). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	dormio. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	sluma. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 6, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Mh dwV upnon soiV ommasin mhde epinustaxhV soiV blefaroiV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ne dederis somnum oculis tuis nec dormitent palpebrae tuae
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Ne yiue thou slep to thin eyen, and nappe not thin eyelidis.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 6, Verse 4
Cebuano	Ayaw paghatagi ug katulog ang imong mga mata, Ni paghinanok ang imong mga tabon-tabon;
Croatian	Ne daj sna svojim oèima ni drijema svojim vjeðama;
Danish	und ikke dine Øjne Søvn, ej heller dine Øjenlåg Hvile,
Dutch	Laat uw ogen geen slaap toe, noch uw oogleden sluimering;
Finnish	älä suo silmillesi unta äläkä silmäluomillesi lepoa.
French	Ne donne ni sommeil � tes yeux, Ni assoupissement � tes paupières;
German	Laß deine Augen nicht schlafen, noch deinen Augenlider schlummern.
Hungarian	Még álmot se engedj szemeidnek, se szunnyadást szemöldökidnek,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Janganlah pergi tidur dahulu, dan jangan beristirahat.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Janganlah beri matamu mengantuk atau kelopak matamu tidur;
Italian	non concedere sonno ai tuoi occhi né riposo alle tue palpebre,
Maori	Kei tukua iho te moe ki ou kanohi; kei tunewha ou kamo.
Norwegian	unn ikke dine øine søvn og dine øielokk blund,
Portuguese	não dês sono aos teus olhos, nem adormecimento � s tuas pálpebras;
Rumanian	Nu da somn ochilor tqi, nici ayipire pleoapelor tale!
Russian	ОЕ �"БЧБК УОБ ЗМБЪБН ФЧПЙН Й �"ТЕНБОЙС ЧЕЦ�"БН ФЧПЙН;
Spanish	no des sueño a tus ojos ni dejes dormitar tus párpados.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "slumber": slumbered, slumberer, slumberers, slumbering, slumberous, slumbers, slumbery. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Slumber" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aslumber, Salambere, Salimberi, Scumbergh, slumbier, slumer, slymbred, Sturmberg, submer, sumber. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "slumber" (pronounced slu"mber)
5	-l u" m b er	lumber.
4	-u" m b er	Cumber, encumber, number, outnumber.
3	-m b er	amber, bedchamber, camber, chamber, clamber, cucumber, dismember, Ember, limber, member, misremember, nonmember, remember, somber, timber, timbre.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: lumbers, rumbles.
	Words within the letters "b-e-l-m-r-s-u"
	-1 letter: blumes, brumes, lemurs, lumber, rubles, rumble, umbels, umbers, umbles.
	-2 letters: berms, bluer, blues, blume, blurs, brume, burls, burse, lemur, lubes, lures, merls, mules, mures, muser, rebus, rubes, ruble, rules, sebum, serum, slurb, suber, umbel, umber.
	-3 letters: bels, berm, blue, blur, bums, burl, burs, elms, emus, lube, lues, lums, lure, mels, merl, mule, mure.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-l-m-r-s-u"
	+1 letter: bumblers, clumbers, crumbles, drumbles, fumblers, grumbles, humblers, jumblers, mumblers, plumbers, replumbs, rumblers, slumbers, slumbery, stumbler, sublimer, tumblers, tumbrels.
	+2 letters: grumblers, lumberers, slumbered, slumberer, stumblers, subdermal, sublimers, umbrellas, unlimbers.
	+3 letters: beglamours, berkeliums, berylliums, crumbliest, lebensraum, measurable, measurably, mensurable, mulberries, numberless, plumberies, presumable, presumably, slumberers, slumbering, slumberous, subproblem, unscramble.
	+4 letters: buttermilks, cerebellums, crumbliness, lambrequins, lebensraums, lumberjacks, lumberyards, subdermally, submergible, submersible, subproblems, subterminal, subumbrella, troublesome, tumblerfuls, umbellifers, unscrambled, unscrambler, unscrambles.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6C 75 6D 62 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101100 01110101 01101101 01100010 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#108 &#117 &#109 &#98 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006C 0075 006D 0062 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
slumber party	770	party slumber super	11
slumber	202	adult game party slumber	11
slumber party idea	139	naughty party slumber	11
day seventh slumber	109	day seven slumber	10
slumber party game	107	slumber party massacre	10
party slumber teen	52	party sex slumber toy	10
slumber party girl	40	kid slumber bag	9
slumber bag	38	party.com slumber	9
slumber party invitation	37	bratz party slumber	9
day lyrics seventh slumber	26	party slumber tip	8
lesbian party slumber	26	slumber inn	8
nude slumber party	23	girl game party slumber	8
slumber party pic	21	slumber party game idea	8
activity party slumber	20	7th day slumber	8
adult slumber party	20	kid slumber party	8
inc party slumber	19	slumber party theme	8
party picture slumber	17	idea party slumber teen	8
girl idea party slumber	15	party plan slumber	7
party sex slumber	14	art clip party slumber	7
adult idea party slumber	11	day lyrics seventh slumber struggle	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Slumber

Definition: Slumber

Slumber

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Synonyms: Slumber

Synonyms within Context: Slumber

Inactivity

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Giuseppe Mazzini

Isaac Watts

William C. Bryant

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Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Non-Fiction Usage: Slumber

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Bill Clinton

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53 6C 75 6D 62 65 72

... .-.. ..- -- -... . .-.

Photos:
Slumber

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