English noun: slumber |
1. | slumber (state) a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended |
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| Samples | He didn't get enough sleep last night. Calm as a child in dreamless slumber.
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| Synonyms | sleep |
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| Broader (hypernym) | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | nonrapid eye movement, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM, NREM sleep, orthodox sleep, paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement, rapid eye movement sleep, REM, REM sleep, shuteye, sleeping |
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2. | slumber (state) a dormant or quiescent state |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dormancy, quiescence, quiescency |
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