The Wordsmith Dictionary

Slum "ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering. ]Etym: [OE. slombren, slumberen, slumeren, AS. slumerian, fr. sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to slumber, MHG. slummern, slumen, G. schlummern, Dan. slumre, Sw. slumra, Goth. slawan to be silent. ]

1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. Piers Plowman. He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. cxxi. 4.

2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope " Young.

SLUMBER

SLUMBER Slum "ber, v. t.

1. To lay to sleep. [R.] Wotton.

2. To stun; to stupefy. [Obs. ] Spenser.

SLUMBER

SLUMBER Slum "ber, n.

Defn: Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose. He at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep, which detained him in that place until it was almost night. Bunyan.Fast asleep It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. Shak. Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. Dryden.

SLUMBERER

SLUMBERER Slum "ber *er, n.

Defn: One who slumbers; a sleeper.

SLUMBERINGLY

SLUMBERINGLY Slum "ber *ing *ly, adv.

Defn: In a slumbering manner.

SLUMBERLESS

SLUMBERLESS Slum "ber *less, a.

Defn: Without slumber; sleepless.

SLUMBEROUS

SLUMBEROUS Slum "ber *ous, a.

1. Inviting slumber; soporiferous. "Pensive in the slumberous shade. " Pope.

2. Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy. His quiet and almost slumberous countenance. Hawthorne.

SLUMBERY

SLUMBERY Slum "ber *y, a.

Defn: Sleepy. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

SLUMBROUS

SLUMBROUS Slum "brous, a.

Defn: Slumberous. Keats.

SLUMGUM

SLUMGUM Slum "gum `, n.

Defn: The impure residue, consisting of cocoons, propolis, etc. , remaining after the wax is extracted from honeycombs.

SLUMMING

SLUMMING Slum "ming, vb. n.

Defn: Visiting slums.

SLUMP

Slump, n. Etym: [Cf. D. slomp a mass, heap, Dan. slump a quantity, and E. slump, v.t.]

Defn: The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot. ]

SLUMP

Slump, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Lump; also Sw. slumpa to bargain for the lump. ]

Defn: To lump; to throw into a mess. These different groups... are exclusively slumped together under that sense. Sir W. Hamilton.

SLUMP

Slump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumping.] Etym: [Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp. ]

Defn: To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc. , not strong enough to bear the person. The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump. Barrow.

SLUMP

SLUMP Slump, n.

1. A boggy place. [Prov. Eng. & Scot. ]

2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [Scot. ]

SLUMPY

SLUMPY Slump "y, a.

Defn: Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.

New American Oxford Dictionary

slum

slum |sləm sləm | ▶noun a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people. • a house or building unfit for human habitation. ▶verb ( slums, slumming , slummed ) [ no obj. ] informal spend time at a lower social level than one's own through curiosity or for charitable purposes: rich tourists slumming among the quaintly dangerous natives. • (slum it ) put up with conditions that are less comfortable or of a lower quality than one is used to: businessmen are having to slum it in aircraft economy class seats. DERIVATIVES slum mer noun ORIGIN early 19th cent. (originally slang, in the sense ‘room ’): of unknown origin.

slumber

slum ber |ˈsləmbər ˈsləmbər | literary ▶verb [ no obj. ] sleep: Sleeping Beauty slumbered in her forest castle | figurative : the village street slumbered under the afternoon sun. ▶noun (often slumbers ) a sleep: scaring folk from their slumbers. DERIVATIVES slum ber er noun, slum brous |-brəs |(also slumberous |-bərəs |) adjective ORIGIN Middle English: alteration of Scots and northern English sloom, in the same sense. The -b- was added for ease of pronunciation.

slumberland

slum ber land |ˈsləmbərˌland ˈsləmbərlænd | ▶noun literary or humorous the state of being asleep.

slumber party

slum ber par ty |ˈsləmbər ˈpɑrdi | ▶noun a party, typically for preteen or teenage girls, in which all the guests spend the night at the house where the party is held.

slumgullion

slum gul lion |ˌsləmˈgəlyən ˌsləmˈɡəljən | ▶noun informal cheap or insubstantial stew.

slumlord

slum lord |ˈsləmˌlôrd ˈsləmˌlɔrd | ▶noun informal a landlord of slum property, esp. one who profiteers.

slummock

slummock |ˈslʌmək |Brit. informal ▶noun a dirty, untidy, or slovenly person. ▶verb [ no obj. ] behave in a lazy, indolent, or clumsy way: you've slummocked in bed for weeks. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

slummy

slum my |ˈsləmē ˈsləmi | ▶adjective ( slummier, slummiest ) full of slums, or resembling a slum: a slummy neighborhood. DERIVATIVES slum mi ness noun

slump

slump |sləmp sləmp | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 [ with adverbial ] sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply, esp. with a bent back: she slumped against the cushions | (be slumped ) : Denis was slumped in his seat. 2 undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount: land prices slumped. • fail or decline substantially: the Giants slumped to an 8 –8 record. ▶noun a sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something: a slump in annual profits. • a prolonged period of abnormally low economic activity, typically bringing widespread unemployment. • a period of substantial failure or decline: the organization's recent slump. DERIVATIVES slump y adjective ORIGIN late 17th cent. (in the sense ‘fall into a bog ’): probably imitative and related to Norwegian slumpe ‘to fall. ’

Oxford Dictionary

slum

slum |slʌm | ▶noun a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people. • a house or building unfit for human habitation. ▶verb ( slums, slumming, slummed ) [ no obj. ] informal spend time at a lower social level than one's own through curiosity or for charitable purposes: day trippers slumming among the natives. • (slum it ) put up with conditions that are less comfortable or of a lower quality than one is used to: businessmen are having to slum it in aircraft economy class seats. DERIVATIVES slummer noun ORIGIN early 19th cent. (originally slang, in the sense ‘room ’): of unknown origin.

slumber

slumber |ˈslʌmbə | literary ▶verb [ no obj. ] sleep: Sleeping Beauty slumbered in her forest castle | figurative : the village street slumbered under the afternoon sun. ▶noun (often slumbers ) a sleep: scaring folk from their slumbers. DERIVATIVES slumberer noun, slumberous (also slumbrous ) adjective ORIGIN Middle English: alteration of Scots and northern English sloom, in the same sense. The -b- was added for ease of pronunciation.

slumberland

slum ¦ber |land ▶noun [ mass noun ] literary or humorous the state of being asleep.

slumber party

slum |ber party ▶noun N. Amer. a party for teenagers, typically girls, in which all the guests stay the night at the house where the party is held.

slumgullion

slumgullion |slʌmˈgʌljən | ▶noun [ mass noun ] US informal cheap or insubstantial stew. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: probably an invented word.

slumlord

slum |lord |ˈslʌmlɔːd | ▶noun N. Amer. informal a landlord of slum property, typically one who charges extortionate rents.

slummock

slummy

slummy |ˈslʌmi | ▶adjective ( slummier, slummiest ) full of slums, or resembling a slum: a slummy neighbourhood. DERIVATIVES slumminess noun

slump

slump |slʌmp | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 [ with adverbial ] sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply: she slumped against the cushions | (be slumped ) : Denis was slumped in his seat. 2 undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount: land prices slumped. • fail or decline substantially: United slumped to another one –nil defeat. ▶noun a sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something: a slump in profits. • a prolonged period of abnormally low economic activity, typically bringing widespread unemployment. • a period of substantial failure or decline: Arsenal's recent slump. DERIVATIVES slumpy adjective ORIGIN late 17th cent. (in the sense ‘fall into a bog ’): probably imitative and related to Norwegian slumpe ‘to fall ’.

American Oxford Thesaurus

slum

slum noun this is the slum we call home: hovel, rathole; (slums ) ghetto, shantytown, skid row, shacktown.

slumber literary

slumber literary verb the child slumbered fitfully. See sleep (verb ). ▶noun an uneasy slumber. See sleep (noun ).

slummy

slummy adjective it was a slummy little bar down at the wharf: seedy, insalubrious, squalid, sleazy, run-down, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heel (s ), shabby, dilapidated; informal scruffy, skanky, flea-bitten. ANTONYMS upmarket.

slump

slump verb 1 he slumped into a chair: sit heavily, flop, flump, collapse, sink, fall; informal plunk oneself. 2 housing prices slumped: fall steeply, plummet, tumble, drop, go down; informal crash, nosedive. 3 reading standards have slumped: decline, deteriorate, degenerate, worsen, slip; informal go downhill. ▶noun 1 a slump in profits: steep fall, drop, tumble, downturn, downswing, slide; informal decline, decrease, nosedive. ANTONYMS rise. 2 an economic slump: recession, economic decline, depression, slowdown, stagnation. ANTONYMS boom.

Oxford Thesaurus

slum

slum noun hovel; (slums ) ghetto, shanty town; in Brazil favela; Indian jhuggi, jhuggi jhopri, bustee; Canadian informal Cabbagetown; rare rookery.

slumber literary

slumber literary verb the child slumbered fitfully against his chest: sleep, be asleep, doze, rest, take a siesta, nap, take a nap, catnap, drowse; sleep like a log /top; informal snooze, snatch forty winks, get some shut-eye, be in the land of Nod; Brit. informal kip, have a kip, get one's head down, zizz, get some zizz, doss (down ); N. Amer. informal catch some Zs; literary be in the arms of Morpheus. ANTONYMS wake up. ▶noun he drifted off into an uneasy slumber: sleep, nap, doze, rest, siesta, drowse, catnap; beauty sleep; informal snooze, forty winks, a bit of shut-eye; Brit. informal kip, zizz.

slummy

slummy adjective a slummy area of town: seedy, insalubrious, squalid, sleazy, seamy, sordid, dingy, mean, wretched; run down, down at heel, shabby, dilapidated, in disrepair, neglected, uncared-for, unmaintained, depressed; informal crummy, scruffy, scuzzy, grungy; Brit. informal grotty; N. Amer. informal shacky, skanky. ANTONYMS smart, upmarket.

slump

slump verb 1 he slumped into a chair: sit heavily, flop, flump, collapse, sink, fall, subside; sag, slouch; informal plonk oneself, plop oneself. ANTONYMS stand up, sit up. 2 houses prices slumped: fall steeply, plummet, plunge, tumble, drop, go down, slide, decline, decrease; reach a new low; informal crash, nosedive, take a nosedive, go into a tailspin. ANTONYMS rise, soar. 3 the reading standards of 7-year-olds have slumped: decline, deteriorate, degenerate, worsen, get worse, slip, lapse; informal go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, nosedive, take a nosedive. ANTONYMS improve. ▶noun 1 a slump in annual profits: steep fall, plunge, drop, collapse, tumble, plummet, downturn, downswing, slide, decline, falling off, decrease, lowering, devaluation, depreciation; meltdown; informal nosedive. ANTONYMS rise. 2 higher interest rates would drive the country into a slump: recession, economic decline, depression, slowdown, trough, credit crunch; stagnation, stagflation; hard times; informal bust. ANTONYMS boom, upturn.

Duden Dictionary

Slum

Slum Substantiv, maskulin , der |slam englisch slʌm |der Slum; Genitiv: des Slums, Plural: die Slums englisch slum, eigentlich = kleine, schmutzige Gasse, Herkunft ungeklärt Elendsviertel [einer Großstadt ]

Slumbewohner

Slum be woh ner Substantiv, maskulin , der Bewohner eines Slums

Slumbewohnerin

Slum be woh ne rin Substantiv, feminin , die weibliche Form zu Slumbewohner

Slump

Slump Substantiv, maskulin , der |slamp slʌmp |der Slump; Genitiv: des Slump [s ], Plural: die Slumps englisch Baisse im Börsenwesen

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

slum

slum /slʌm /名詞 C 1 〖しばしば～s 〗スラム街, 貧民街 .2 ｟くだけて｠不潔な場所 [家, 部屋 ].動詞～s ; ～med ; ～ming 自動詞 (慈善調査などで )スラム街を訪れる ; 〖be ～ming /～ it 〗｟くだけて｠(一時的に )貧窮生活を送る .sl ú m mer 名詞 C スラムに住む人 ; スラムを訪れる人 .

slumber

slum ber /slʌ́mbə r /動詞自動詞 1 (軽く )眠る, まどろむ (sleep ).2 休眠 [休止 ]状態にある, 活動していない .他動詞〈時〉を眠って [無為に ]過ごす (away , out ).名詞 U C 〖しばしば～s 〗眠り, まどろみ ; 休眠 [休止, 無活動 ]状態 ▸ fall into a slumber 眠り込む～́ p à rty ｟米｠＝pajama party .～er 名詞

slumberous

slum ber ous -brous /slʌ́mb (ə )rəs //-brəs /形容詞眠い, 眠そうな ; 眠気を誘う ; 静かな, 不活発な .

slumlord

sl ú m l ò rd 名詞 C ｟米｠スラム街 [住宅 ]の悪徳家主 .

slump

slump /slʌmp /動詞～s /-s /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing 自動詞 1 〈株価価値などが〉暴落する , がた落ちする ; 〈人気熱意元気などが〉急に落ちる [なくなる ]; 〈事業などが〉急に不振になる ▸ Profits slumped by 67 \%.利益が67 \%減少した 2 «…に » ドスンと落ちる [倒れる , 座り込む ]; 落ち込む (down ) «in , into , against , on , onto , to » ▸ Ted slumped in (to ) a chair .テッドはいすにドスンと座った 3 前かがみになる , もたれかかる (over ).名詞 C 1 (株価などの )暴落 (↔boom 1 ); (暴落に続く )不況 , 不景気 .2 ドスンと落ちる [倒れる ]こと .3 ｟主に米｠(選手チームの )不調 , スランプ ; 【事業などの】不振 «in » ▸ in a slump スランプで 4 不評 .5 前かがみの [もたれかかる ]姿勢 .