Associations to the word «Slumbering»
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Wiktionary
SLUMBER, noun. A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
SLUMBER, verb. (intransitive) To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.
SLUMBER, verb. (intransitive) To be inactive or negligent.
SLUMBER, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To lay to sleep.
SLUMBER, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To stun; to stupefy.
SLUMBER PARTIES, noun. Plural of slumber party
SLUMBER PARTY, noun. A party where everyone is dressed in pyjamas, or otherwise dressed for bed
Dictionary definition
SLUMBER, noun. 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".
SLUMBER, noun. A dormant or quiescent state.
SLUMBER, verb. Be asleep.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.