sleep
/slˈip/
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Definitions
Noun
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn''t get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
Noun
a torpid state resembling deep sleep
Noun
a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn''t time for a nap"
Noun
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
Verb
be asleep
Verb
be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"
Synonyms
More General Terms
accommodate
admit
death
hold
period
period of time
physical condition
physiological condition
physiological state
rest
time period
More Specific Terms
aestivate
beauty sleep
bundle
catch a wink
catnap
estivate
hibernate
hole up
kip
nap
nonrapid eye movement
nonrapid eye movement sleep
NREM
NREM sleep
orthodox sleep
paradoxical sleep
practice bundling
rapid eye movement
rapid eye movement sleep
REM
REM sleep
shuteye
sleep in
sleep late
sleeping