slumber
slum·ber / ˈsləmbər/ poetic/lit. • v. [intr.] sleep: Sleeping Beauty slumbered in her forest castle | fig. the village street slumbered under the afternoon sun. • n. (often slumbers) a sleep: scaring folk from their slumbers.DERIVATIVES: slum·ber·er n.slum·brous / -brəs/ (also slum·ber·ous / -bərəs/ ) adj.
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