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List of meaning for sleep

the resting state in which the body is not active, and the mind is unconscious

sleep, slumber(noun)

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"

sleep, sopor(noun)

a torpid state resembling deep sleep

sleep, nap(noun)

a period of time spent sleeping

"he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"

rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus(verb)

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"

sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's(verb)

be asleep

sleep(verb)

be able to accommodate for sleeping

"This tent sleeps six people"

a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself

neither of them has been getting much sleep since the baby was born

the state of being dead

a grieving widower longing to join his beloved wife in her eternal sleep

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

regretfully put their terminally ill dog to sleep

to be in a state of sleep the baby slept for the entire length of the car trip

found the night watchman sleeping at his post

to engage in sexual intercourse

if I don't read the tabloids, how will I know who is sleeping with whom this week?

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