Definition of sleep

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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..

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Violation :: Violation (n.) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance..
Wake :: Wake (v. i.) To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
Litter :: Litter (v. i.) To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
Bed :: Bed (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs..
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold..
Pullman Car :: Pullman car () A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman..
Dream :: Dream (n.) The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision..
Sleepless :: Sleepless (a.) Having no rest; perpetually agitated.
Siesta :: Siesta (n.) A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap..
Somnipathy :: Somnipathy (n.) Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like..
Diurnation :: Diurnation (n.) The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep..
Sleepyhead :: Sleepyhead (n.) The ruddy duck.
Outsleep :: Outsleep (v. t.) To exceed in sleeping.
Morphean :: Morphean (a.) Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep..
Drowse :: Drowse (n.) A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
Sleep :: 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..
Somnambulist :: Somnambulist (n.) A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.
On :: On (prep.) In continuance; without interruption or ceasing; as, sleep on, take your ease; say on; sing on..
Wink :: Wink (v. i.) To nod; to sleep; to nap.
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