sleep

Definitions

1. 1

   imp. of Sleep. Slept.

2. 2intransitive verb

   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.

3. 3intransitive verb

   To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To be dead; to lie in the grave.

5. 5intransitive verb

   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.

6. 6transitive verb

   To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.

7. 7transitive verb

   To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.

8. 8intransitive verb

   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.

9. 9noun

   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"

   Synonyms

   quietusrest
10. 10noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    slumber
11. 11noun

    a torpid state resembling deep sleep

    Synonyms

    sopor
12. 12noun

    a period of time spent sleeping

    "he felt better after a little sleep"

    "there wasn't time for a nap"

    Synonyms

    nap
13. 13verb

    be asleep

    Synonyms

    kipslumber
14. 14verb

    be able to accommodate for sleeping

    "This tent sleeps six people"