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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Repose :: Repose (v.) A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
Sleep-charged :: Sleep-charged (a.) Heavy with sleep.
Participle :: Participle (n.) A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles..
Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive..
Sleepyhead :: Sleepyhead (n.) A sleepy person.
Opiate :: Opiate (a.) Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes..
Sopition :: Sopition (n.) The act of putting to sleep, or the state of being put to sleep; sleep..
Snooze :: Snooze (n.) A short sleep; a nap.
Somniloquist :: Somniloquist (n.) One who talks in his sleep.
Insomnious :: Insomnious (a.) Restless; sleepless.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation..
Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.
Uphasp :: Uphasp (v. t.) To hasp or faster up; to close; as, sleep uphasps the eyes..
Insomnolence :: Insomnolence (n.) Sleeplessness.
Pullman Car :: Pullman car () A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman..
Lodging :: Lodging (n.) A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning..
Hypnagogic :: Hypnagogic (a.) Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.
Somnambulist :: Somnambulist (n.) A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.
Doze :: Doze (v. i.) To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy..
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