slumber

Definitions


[ˈslʌmbə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- sleep
(e.g: Sleeping Beauty slumbered in her forest castle)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: alteration of Scots and northern English sloom, in the same sense. The -b- was added for ease of pronunciation


[ˈslʌmbə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sleep
(e.g: scaring folk from their slumbers)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: alteration of Scots and northern English sloom, in the same sense. The -b- was added for ease of pronunciation




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