sleep

Plural: sleeps

Noun

• a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
  • "he didn't get enough sleep last night"
• a torpid state resembling deep sleep
• a period of time spent sleeping
  • "he felt better after a little sleep"
• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
  • "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
• The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
• An act or instance of sleeping.
• A night.
• Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
• A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
• The hibernation of animals.

Verb

Verb Forms: slept, sleeping, sleeps

• To rest in a natural state of reduced consciousness and activity.
• be asleep
• be able to accommodate for sleeping
  • "This tent sleeps six people"
• To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
• To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).
• To accommodate in beds.
• To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
• To be dead.
• To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
• To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
• To place into a state of hibernation.
• To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
• To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

Examples

• a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps
• After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again.
• I really need some sleep.
• I’m just going to have a quick sleep.
• Last night we slept together for the first time.
• Some Scrabble players need to SLEEP on their strategy to find the winning word.
• There are only three sleeps till Christmas!
• This caravan can sleep four people comfortably.
• We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem.
• When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not precessing.
• You should sleep eight hours a day.

Synonyms

catch some Z's, eternal rest, eternal sleep, kip, log Z's, nap, quietus, rest, slumber, sopor, bed booger(s), catch some z's, crash, crusty, doze, eye bogie(s), eye booger(s), eye crust, eye goop, eye gunk, eye sand, eye snot, gound, nyctinasty, nyctitropism, repose, saw logs, sleep, sleep a wink, sleeper, sleepies, sleepy, sleepy booger(s), sleepy dust, sleepy sand, snooze

Antonyms

wake

Related Words

catnap, count sheep, fall asleep, go to bed, rest, shut-eye, shuteye, sleeping, sleepy, slumber, snooze, soporific, wake, zzz