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- pronunciation:
- sluhm
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
slumbers, slumbering, slumbered |
| definition 1: |
to sleep, esp. lightly.
- synonyms:
- catnap, doze, nap, snooze
- similar words:
- drowse, repose, rest, sleep
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| definition 2: |
to be temporarily inactive.
The ocean is slumbering before the storm.- synonyms:
- rest
- similar words:
- hibernate, repose, sleep, vegetate
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| related words: |
doze, nap |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to pass (time) by sleeping.
They slumbered the hours away.- synonyms:
- doze, sleep
- similar words:
- drowse
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
(sometimes pl.) a state or period of sleep.
- synonyms:
- catnap, doze, nap, sleep, snooze
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| definition 2: |
temporary inactivity; dormancy.
- synonyms:
- arrest, dormancy, hibernation, quiescence, sleep
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| related words: |
doze |
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