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slumber

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A state of peaceful, deep, or undisturbed rest; frequently used as a gentle euphemism for death or tranquil night in lyric poetry.

Detailed Definition
In poetry, slumber is a more literary or elevated word for sleep. It often suggests calmness, softness, or a dreamy state rather than ordinary rest.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Let me slumber, just hold me near, please” — an intimate use of slumber for sleep or restful unconsciousness; “Care-charmer Sleep” in Samuel Daniel’s sonnet personifies slumber as a desired visitor; Keats’s “O soft embalmer of the still midnight” similarly imagines sleep as gentle release; slumber often carries a more poetic, lingering tone than sleep; it can suggest peace, death, or escape depending on context
Additional Notes
The word appears in the line "Let me slumber," and is a more literary synonym for sleep that some readers may not use in everyday speech.; Found in the poem, Let me sleep, but wake me up before you go by Richard
Also Known As
dream state repose slumbering sleep baith
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