 sleep |
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| 1. | [ verb ] be asleep | |
| Synonyms: | slumber catch_some_Z's log_Z's kip | |
| Related terms: | wake rest rest hibernate sleep_late nap bundle estivate live_in sleep_late sleep_late live_out sleeper | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended | |
| Synonyms: | slumber | |
| Examples: | "he didn't get enough sleep last night" "calm as a child in dreamless slumber" |
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| Related terms: | physiological_state sleeping shuteye nonrapid_eye_movement_sleep nonrapid_eye_movement rapid_eye_movement_sleep | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (medicine) a torpid state resembling sleep | |
| Related terms: | physiological_state | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a period of time spent sleeping | |
| Synonyms: | nap | |
| Examples: | "he felt better after a little sleep" "there wasn't time for a nap" |
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| Related terms: | time_period beauty_sleep kip nap | |
| 5. | [ verb ] be able to accommodate for sleeping | |
| Examples: | "This tent sleeps six people" |
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| Related terms: | accommodate contain | |
| 6. | [ noun ] euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) | |
| Synonyms: | rest quietus eternal_sleep eternal_rest | |
| Examples: | "she was laid to rest beside her husband" "they had to put their family pet to sleep" |
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| Related terms: | death | |
| Similar spelling: |
sleepy sleeve slop slip slap slope Sloop slave Slape sloppy slippy slipway slip_by |
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