1
[ verb ] be asleep

Used in print

(B. J. Chute, The Moon and the Thorn....)

The cemetery slumbered just behind it , and the way lay through the village and close_to the sea .

2
[ noun ] a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

Synonyms

sleep

Examples

"he didn't get enough sleep last night" "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"

3
[ noun ] a dormant or quiescent state

Related terms

dormancy

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