ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Slumbering

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Slumbering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of slumber.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of slumber.

More Meanings

  1. Temporarily inactive.

Example Sentences

The slumbering giant that was China has finally awoken.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed[…]
Strangely light and delicate was his frame and seeming, yet with a sense of slumbering power beneath, as the delicate peak of a snow mountain seen afar in the low red rays of morning.

Word Forms

Synonyms for slumbering

Depending on context, synonyms include sleeping.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include asleep, sleeping, dormant, latent, inactive, inert.

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