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Definitions and Meaning of sleep in English
sleep (n)
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
a torpid state resembling deep sleep
a period of time spent sleeping
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
sleep (v)
be asleep
be able to accommodate for sleeping
sleep ()
imp. of Sleep. Slept.
sleep (v. i.)
To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.
To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
To be dead; to lie in the grave.
To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps.
A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state.
sleep (v. t.)
To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.
FAQs About the word sleep
sleep
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended, a torpid state resembling deep sleep, a period of time spent sleeping
bed,nap, sleep-in, nod off,nap,rest,resting,slumber,slumbering,catnap,dozing off,dreaming
Consciousness,wake,Insomnia,wakefulness,sleeplessness
sleeky => sleek, sleekness => sleekness, sleekly => sleekly, sleeking => sleeking, sleeked => sleek,
