slumber
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(noun) a dormant or quiescent state |
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Related Words: dormancy, quiescence, quiescency |
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(noun) a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "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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Related Words: NREM sleep, REM sleep, nonrapid eye movement sleep, paradoxical sleep, physiological state, rapid eye movement sleep, shuteye, sleeping |
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(verb) be asleep |
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Synonyms: catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, sleep |
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Related Words: aestivate, bundle, catch a wink, catnap, estivate, hibernate, hole up, nap, practice bundling, repose, rest, sleep in, sleep late |
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