Definition of slep
1. sleep [ v ] be asleep
Used in print:(William Gomberg, "Unions and the Anti-Trust Laws"...)
Or , in the words of Anatole_France , `` The law in its majestic equality must forbid the rich , as_well as the poor , from begging in the streets and sleeping under bridges '' .
("Sports"...)
Mantle and Cerv use the twin_beds in the bedroom ; Maris sleeps on a green studio_couch in the living_room .
(The Providence Journal...)
He preferred sleeping in bed with his head on a pillow .
(Joseph E. Choate, "The American Boating Scene"...)
Currently , marina is used to indicate a municipal or commercially operated facility where a pleasure_boat may dock and find some or all_of the following available : gasoline , fresh water , electricity , telephone_service , ice , repair facilities , restaurants , sleeping accommodations , a general_store , and a grocery_store .
(Hal Kelly, "Build Hotei"...)
Youngsters can sleep or amuse themselves safely in the large cabin which has 5 - foot 11 - inch headroom , bunks for three , galley and marine toilet .
Synonyms sleep slumber log_Z's catch_some_Z's kip Related Terms wake rest rest hibernate sleep_late nap bundle estivate live_in sleep_late sleep_late live_out sleeper2. sleep [ n ] a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
Examples:
"he didn't get enough sleep last night"
"calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)
A `` mental_image '' subconsciously impressing us from beneath its language symbols in wakeful thought , or consciously in light sleep , is actually not an image at_all but is comprised of realities , viewed not in the concurrent sensory stream , but within the depths of the fourth_dimension .
When consciousness deserts the sleeping body and the wakeful world , it continues in the myriad progressions of the ever-present past and future , in a life as vibrant and real as the one left when the body tired and required sleep .
(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)
If we manage to keep track of a Bombus queen after she has left her feeding place , we may discover the snug little hideout which she has fixed_up for herself when she woke_up from her winter sleep .
(E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)
Before we comment further on these pathological conditions , we should remember that changes in the state of the hypothalamus within physiological limits distinguish sleep from wakefulness .
Thus , a low intensity of hypothalamic cortical discharges prevails in sleep and a high one during wakefulness , resulting in synchronous EEG potentials in the former and asynchrony in the latter condition .
Synonyms sleep slumber Related Terms physiological_state sleeping shuteye nonrapid_eye_movement_sleep nonrapid_eye_movement rapid_eye_movement_sleep3. sleep [ n ] a torpid state resembling sleep
Synonyms sleep Related Terms physiological_state4. sleep [ n ] a period of time spent sleeping
Examples:
"he felt better after a little sleep"
"there wasn't time for a nap"
5. sleep [ v ] be able to accommodate for sleeping
Examples:
"This tent sleeps six people"
6. sleep [ n ] euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Examples:
"she was laid to rest beside her husband"
"they had to put their family pet to sleep"
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