Associations to the word «Slumbering»

Pictures for the word «Slumbering»

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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope