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Sleep

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Noun

1. sleep, slumber

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

Example Sentences:
'he didn't get enough sleep last night'
'calm as a child in dreamless slumber'

2. sleep, sopor

a torpid state resembling deep sleep

3. nap, sleep

a period of time spent sleeping

Example Sentences:
'he felt better after a little sleep'
'there wasn't time for a nap'

4. eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest, sleep

euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

Example Sentences:
'she was laid to rest beside her husband'
'they had to put their family pet to sleep'

Verb

5. catch some z's, kip, log z's, sleep, slumber

be asleep

6. sleep

be able to accommodate for sleeping

Example Sentences:
'This tent sleeps six people'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sleep

see synonyms of sleep
noun
1. 
a periodic state of physiological rest during which consciousness is suspended and metabolic rate is decreased
See also paradoxical sleep
2. botany the nontechnical name for nyctitropism
3. 
a period spent sleeping
4. 
a state of quiescence or dormancy
5.  a poetic or euphemistic word for death
6. informal
the dried mucoid particles often found in the corners of the eyes after sleeping
verbWord forms: sleeps, sleeping or slept
7. (intransitive)
to be in or as in the state of sleep
8. (intransitive)
(of plants) to show nyctitropism
9. (intransitive)
to be inactive or quiescent
10. (transitive)
to have sleeping accommodation for (a certain number)
the boat could sleep six
11. (transitive; foll by away)
to pass (time) sleeping
12. (intransitive)
to fail to pay attention
13. (intransitive) poetic or euphemistic
to be dead
14.  sleep on it

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sleep

see synonyms of sleep
noun
1. 
a. 
a natural, regularly recurring condition of rest for the body and mind, during which the eyes are usually closed and there is little or no conscious thought or voluntary movement, but there is intermittent dreaming
b. 
a spell of sleeping
2. 
any state of inactivity thought of as like sleep, as death, unconsciousness, hibernation, etc.
3.  Botany
nyctitropism
verb intransitiveWord forms: slept or ˈsleeping
4. 
to be in the state of sleep; slumber
5. 
to be in a state of inactivity like sleep, as that of death, quiescence, hibernation, inattention, etc.
6.  Informal
to have sexual intercourse (with)
7.  Informal
to postpone a decision (on) to allow time for deliberation
let me sleep on it
8.  Botany
to assume a nyctitropic position at night, as petals or leaves
verb transitive
9. 
to slumber in (a specified kind of sleep)
to sleep the sleep of the just
10. 
to provide sleeping accommodations for
a boat that sleeps four

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sleep

see synonyms of sleep
n.
1.
a. A natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body, in which the eyes usually close and consciousness is completely or partially lost, so that there is a decrease in bodily movement and responsiveness to external stimuli. During sleep the brain in humans and other mammals undergoes a characteristic cycle of brain-wave activity that includes intervals of dreaming.
b. A period of this form of rest.
c. A state of inactivity resembling or suggesting sleep; unconsciousness, dormancy, hibernation, or death.
d. A state in which a computer shuts off or reduces power to its peripherals (such as the display or memory) in order to save energy during periods of inactivity.
2. Botany The folding together of leaflets or petals at night or in the absence of light.
3. A crust of dried tears or mucus normally forming around the inner rim of the eye during sleep.
v. slept (slĕpt), sleep·ing, sleeps
v.intr.
1. To be in the state of sleep or to fall asleep.
2. To be in a condition resembling sleep.
v.tr.
1. To pass or get rid of by sleeping: slept away the day; went home to sleep off the headache.
2. To provide sleeping accommodations for: This tent sleeps three comfortably.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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