Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Slumber

/slŭmʹbər/ · Slum·ber · IPA /ˈslʌm.bɚ/

01 v. i. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.

imp. & p. p. Slumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering

1.
To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.
“He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” — Ps. cxxi. 4.
2.
To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.

02 v. t. To lay to sleep.

1.
To lay to sleep.[R.]
2.
To stun; to stupefy.[Obs.]

03 n. Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.

1.
Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.
“He at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep, which detained him in that place until it was almost night.” — Bunyan.

“Fast asleep? It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.” — Shak.

“Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes.” — Dryden.