--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 58 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/58/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 58 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* When liquid sloshes, it moves around noisily and splashes inside a container or over its edge.[↗](../../slosh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To slosh liquid is to pour or splash it about carelessly.[↗](../../slosh/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To slosh through water or mud is to walk through it with splashing steps.[↗](../../slosh/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK informal) Sloshed means drunk.[↗](../../slosh/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The water sloshed in the bucket as I carried it.[↗](../../slosh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We sloshed through the puddles in our wellies.[↗](../../slosh/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't slosh your juice all over the table\![↗](../../slosh/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The milk sloshed over the edge of the bowl.[↗](../../slosh/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sea sloshed against the side of the boat.[↗](../../slosh/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad sloshed some paint on the old fence.[↗](../../slosh/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK informal) The man in the play came home sloshed.[↗](../../slosh/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **slot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A slot is a long, narrow opening where you put something in, like a coin.[↗](../../slot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A slot is a place or time set aside for something in a list or timetable.[↗](../../slot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To slot something is to put it into a space where it fits.[↗](../../slot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, sport) To slot the ball is to score neatly.[↗](../../slot/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put a coin in the slot.[↗](../../slot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We booked a 10 o'clock slot for swimming.[↗](../../slot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The piece slotted neatly into the puzzle.[↗](../../slot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He slotted the ball into the corner of the net.[↗](../../slot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The card goes in this slot.[↗](../../slot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 6 time slots of 20 minutes each, making 2 hours.[↗](../../slot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sloth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sloth is a slow-moving animal from Central and South America that hangs upside down in trees.[↗](../../sloth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sloth is laziness (formal or old word).[↗](../../sloth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sloth hung upside down from the branch.[↗](../../sloth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sloths move very slowly to save energy.[↗](../../sloth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A sloth sleeps about 15 hours a day.[↗](../../sloth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Green algae grow on the sloth's fur.[↗](../../sloth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Get up, you sloth!» said my sister.[↗](../../sloth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In old stories, sloth is a bad habit.[↗](../../sloth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **slothful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Slothful means lazy, not wanting to work or move about.[↗](../../slothful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A slothful person is one who does nothing and sits about while others work.[↗](../../slothful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her slothful brother would not get out of bed.[↗](../../slothful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The slothful fellow sat by the fire all day.[↗](../../slothful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Being slothful will not get the chores done.[↗](../../slothful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.[↗](../../slothful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.21.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slothful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful shall be under tribute.[↗](../../slothful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.12.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slothful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent.[↗](../../slothful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.12.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slothful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **slothfulness** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The habit of being lazy.[↗](../../slothfulness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.[↗](../../slothfulness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.19.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slothfulness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · By slothfulness the rafters sink in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.[↗](../../slothfulness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.10.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slothfulness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **slouch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To slouch is to sit, stand or walk with your shoulders rounded and your head hanging forward, in a lazy, droopy way.[↗](../../slouch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A slouch is that droopy way of sitting or standing.[↗](../../slouch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) "No slouch" means very good at something: she's no slouch at maths.[↗](../../slouch/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A slouched hat is a soft hat with a brim that hangs down loosely.[↗](../../slouch/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't slouch at your desk; sit up straight.[↗](../../slouch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He slouched off to his room in a huff.[↗](../../slouch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teenager slouched on the sofa looking at his phone.[↗](../../slouch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Slouching over a screen can give you a sore neck.[↗](../../slouch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She's no slouch on the football pitch.[↗](../../slouch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tired boy walked with a slouch.[↗](../../slouch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Australian soldiers wore slouch hats.[↗](../../slouch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He came in, looking like a wild man, and he wore a slouched hat to protect his head from injury.[↗](../../slouch/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **slow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Slow means not fast; it takes a long time to move or to do something.[↗](../../slow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A slow clock or watch shows a time earlier than the real time.[↗](../../slow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To slow down is to go less fast.[↗](../../slow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Slow can mean not quick to learn or understand (this can be unkind to say about a person).[↗](../../slow/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A slow day or time is one when little happens.[↗](../../slow/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The slow train goes 40 miles an hour.[↗](../../slow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tortoise is slower than the hare.[↗](../../slow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The slow pump fills 2 litres a minute.[↗](../../slow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She is 5 minutes slower than Tom.[↗](../../slow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cars must go slow near the school.[↗](../../slow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My watch is 3 minutes slow.[↗](../../slow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Slow down, the floor is wet\![↗](../../slow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The film showed the goal in slow motion.[↗](../../slow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Slow and steady wins the race.[↗](../../slow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses said unto the LORD: 'Oh Lord, I am not a man of words, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.'[↗](../../slow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.[↗](../../slow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.14.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.[↗](../../slow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.103.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.[↗](../../slow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.145.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · A wrathful man stirreth up discord; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.[↗](../../slow/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.15.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slow/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **slowcoach** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, informal) A person who walks, works or does things too slowly; said in a teasing, friendly way.[↗](../../slowcoach/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Come on, slowcoach, we'll miss the bus\![↗](../../slowcoach/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm always the slowcoach when we walk up the hill.[↗](../../slowcoach/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad called me a slowcoach because I took ages to tie my shoes.[↗](../../slowcoach/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be a slowcoach — it's nearly time to go.[↗](../../slowcoach/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tortoise was a slowcoach, but it still won the race.[↗](../../slowcoach/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Hurry up, slowcoaches!» shouted the teacher.[↗](../../slowcoach/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **slowdown** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A time when something becomes slower or less busy.[↗](../../slowdown/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (business) A drop in how much a country or company makes and sells.[↗](../../slowdown/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a slowdown on the motorway because of an accident.[↗](../../slowdown/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop noticed a slowdown in sales after Christmas.[↗](../../slowdown/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Please slow down near the school.[↗](../../slowdown/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The slowdown in growth worried the factory owners.[↗](../../slowdown/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The runner's slowdown on the last lap cost him the race.[↗](../../slowdown/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers held a slowdown instead of a strike.[↗](../../slowdown/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **slower** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Slower means with less speed, moving or working less quickly.[↗](../../slower/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Slower also means taking more time to do something.[↗](../../slower/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A clock that is slower shows an earlier time than the real time.[↗](../../slower/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bus is 20 km an hour slower than the car.[↗](../../slower/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She walks slower than her sister.[↗](../../slower/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How much slower was the second lap?[↗](../../slower/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The slower train takes 3 hours.[↗](../../slower/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A tortoise is much slower than a hare.[↗](../../slower/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Read slower so everyone can follow.[↗](../../slower/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cars must go slower near the school.[↗](../../slower/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The music got slower and slower.[↗](../../slower/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Cranes, being light of wing, fled away at his approach; while the Geese, being slower of flight and heavier in their bodies, were captured.[↗](../../slower/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **slowly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* At a low speed, not fast.[↗](../../slowly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Walk slowly."[↗](../../slowly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Over a long time, bit by bit.[↗](../../slowly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The ice slowly melted."[↗](../../slowly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tortoise walked slowly.[↗](../../slowly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the question slowly.[↗](../../slowly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The snail moved slowly across the leaf.[↗](../../slowly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk slowly on the wet floor.[↗](../../slowly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rocks wear away slowly.[↗](../../slowly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Chew your food slowly.[↗](../../slowly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Slowly, the sun went down.[↗](../../slowly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Back away slowly from a strange dog.[↗](../../slowly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The two women walked very slowly.[↗](../../slowly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **slowness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The fact or quality of being slow: moving, happening or working without much speed.[↗](../../slowness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Being slow to understand or react.[↗](../../slowness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The slowness of the queue made everyone grumpy.[↗](../../slowness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Snails are famous for their slowness.[↗](../../slowness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We were annoyed by the slowness of the internet.[↗](../../slowness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The slowness of erosion means canyons take millions of years to form.[↗](../../slowness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Despite his slowness, the tortoise kept going.[↗](../../slowness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor worried about the slowness of her heartbeat.[↗](../../slowness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sludge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Thick, soft, wet mud or a mix of mud and dirty liquid.[↗](../../sludge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Thick, dirty stuff left after cleaning water or from machines: sewage sludge, oil sludge.[↗](../../sludge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Any thick, unpleasant mess, like soggy food or slushy snow.[↗](../../sludge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A sludge-hammer is a big, heavy hammer.[↗](../../sludge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our wellies sank into the sludge.[↗](../../sludge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Green sludge covered the bottom of the pond.[↗](../../sludge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The drain was blocked with sludge.[↗](../../sludge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · At the water works, sludge is taken out of the dirty water.[↗](../../sludge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The porridge turned into a cold grey sludge.[↗](../../sludge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Car engines can fill with oil sludge if they are not serviced.[↗](../../sludge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ole Brer Fox, he grab de sludge-hammer, he did, en he come down on de rock--blim\![↗](../../sludge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **slug** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small, soft, slimy animal like a snail but with no shell, that lives in damp places and eats plants.[↗](../../slug/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small amount of a drink swallowed quickly (informal).[↗](../../slug/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Informal: a bullet, or a fake coin.[↗](../../slug/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a verb (informal), to hit someone hard.[↗](../../slug/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A slug left a shiny slime trail on the path.[↗](../../slug/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Slugs have eaten holes in our lettuces.[↗](../../slug/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A slug is like a snail without a shell.[↗](../../slug/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hedgehogs love to eat slugs.[↗](../../slug/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Slugs come out after rain.[↗](../../slug/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after you touch a slug.[↗](../../slug/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep slug pellets away from pets.[↗](../../slug/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We found a fat orange slug under the log.[↗](../../slug/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Just look! that rose is all slug-eaten, and this one is stunted\![↗](../../slug/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **sluggard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old, Bible) A sluggard is a very lazy person who does not want to work or get up.[↗](../../sluggard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (humorous) Sluggard can be used jokingly for someone who sleeps late or moves slowly.[↗](../../sluggard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Go to the ant, you sluggard,» says the proverb.[↗](../../sluggard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Get out of bed, you sluggard\![↗](../../sluggard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (joking)[↗](../../sluggard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sluggard's garden was full of weeds.[↗](../../sluggard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fable shows the hard-working ant and the sluggard grasshopper.[↗](../../sluggard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Proverbs warns that the sluggard will go hungry.[↗](../../sluggard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was no sluggard; he worked from dawn to dusk.[↗](../../sluggard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His master one day, pretending to be angry and shaking his stick at him, said, “You wretched little sluggard! what shall I do to you?[↗](../../sluggard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?[↗](../../sluggard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sluggard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise; (Writings PRO.6.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sluggard/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The sluggard saith: 'There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.'[↗](../../sluggard/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.22.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sluggard/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **sluggish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moving or working slowly, without energy.[↗](../../sluggish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a machine, body or computer) Slow to respond.[↗](../../sluggish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of money, trade or the economy) Not growing much; slow.[↗](../../sluggish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (of a river) Flowing slowly.[↗](../../sluggish/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I feel sluggish after a big Sunday lunch.[↗](../../sluggish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The laptop is sluggish; it needs restarting.[↗](../../sluggish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lizards are sluggish until the sun warms them.[↗](../../sluggish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sluggish river wound slowly through the fields.[↗](../../sluggish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Toy sales were sluggish this year.[↗](../../sluggish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sluggish traffic made us late for school.[↗](../../sluggish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He wrestled with the big and sluggish stone, as if it had been a living enemy.[↗](../../sluggish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sluice** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A gate or channel that controls how much water flows in a river, canal or mill stream (also called a sluice gate).[↗](../../sluice/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To wash something with lots of water: sluice down the yard.[↗](../../sluice/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) Of water: to pour or rush out.[↗](../../sluice/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer opened the sluice to let water into the field.[↗](../../sluice/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Water rushed through the sluice gate.[↗](../../sluice/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They sluiced down the muddy yard with a hose.[↗](../../sluice/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain sluiced down the windows.[↗](../../sluice/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The miller closed the sluice to stop the wheel.[↗](../../sluice/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Engineers built sluices to stop the town flooding.[↗](../../sluice/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rikki-tikki tingled all over with rage and hatred at this, and then Nag’s head came through the sluice, and his five feet of cold body followed it.[↗](../../sluice/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **slum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A slum is a very poor, crowded part of a city where houses are badly built and people often lack clean water, toilets and safe electricity.[↗](../../slum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK) A very messy, dirty room or house.[↗](../../slum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Your bedroom is a slum!"[↗](../../slum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb, informal) To slum it means to live or stay somewhere much cheaper or less comfortable than you are used to, often just for a short time.[↗](../../slum/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many families in the slum shared one water tap.[↗](../../slum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In Victorian times, slums near the factories were full of smoke and disease.[↗](../../slum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The city cleared the old slums and built new flats.[↗](../../slum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum looked into my room and said it was a total slum.[↗](../../slum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We had to slum it in a tiny tent when the hotel was full.[↗](../../slum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Charities help children in slums go to school.[↗](../../slum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A slum landlord was fined for leaving the flats damp and cold.[↗](../../slum/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our geography teacher showed photos of a huge slum in Mumbai.[↗](../../slum/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **slumber** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (literary) Sleep.[↗](../../slumber/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, literary) To sleep, often peacefully.[↗](../../slumber/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (figurative) A time of being quiet or inactive, like a volcano that has not erupted for years.[↗](../../slumber/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The princess fell into a deep slumber.[↗](../../slumber/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby slumbered peacefully in her cot.[↗](../../slumber/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a slumber party with pillows and popcorn.[↗](../../slumber/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog was disturbed from its slumber by the doorbell.[↗](../../slumber/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The volcano has slumbered for a hundred years.[↗](../../slumber/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "Do not wake the dragon from its slumber," whispered the wizard.[↗](../../slumber/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But still his brothers slumber on.[↗](../../slumber/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep.[↗](../../slumber/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.121.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slumber/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.[↗](../../slumber/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slumber/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids; (Writings PSA.132.4, JPS 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