sloom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gentle sleep; slumber.
verb
  1. To sleep lightly, to doze, to nod; to be half-asleep.
  2. To soften or rot with damp. (of plants or soil)

Pronunciation

/sluːm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sloom.wav

Word forms

sloom slooms sloum slooming sloomed sleam

Etymology

From Middle English *sloume, sloumbe, slume, from Old English sluma (“sleep, slumber”), from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“to be slack, loose, or limp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp, flabby”). Compare slumber and Dutch sloom.

Derived words

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