slumber

«slumber» in Mova's school dictionary: Sleep — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (slumber, slumbers); verb (slumber, slumbers, slumbered, slumbering)

meaning for a pupil

1) (literary) Sleep. tree →

2) (verb, literary) To sleep, often peacefully. tree →

3) (figurative) A time of being quiet or inactive, like a volcano that has not erupted for years. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, poems and fairy tales slumber is a gentle, old-fashioned word for sleep — Sleeping Beauty falls into a deep slumber. In everyday talk, «slumber party» is a sleepover (USA). In science, a slumbering volcano is dormant.

examples

• The princess fell into a deep slumber. tree →
• The baby slumbered peacefully in her cot. tree →
• We had a slumber party with pillows and popcorn. tree →
• The dog was disturbed from its slumber by the doorbell. tree →
• The volcano has slumbered for a hundred years. tree →
• "Do not wake the dragon from its slumber," whispered the wizard. tree →
• But still his brothers slumber on. tree →

note

Regular verb. Mostly literary; in normal talk say «sleep». «Slumber party» is American for a sleepover.

In the corpora

• He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
• Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep.
• I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids;
• 'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' —
• 'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' —

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «slumber» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.