Definition of sleep

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Sleep (v. i.) 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..

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Somniloquous :: Somniloquous (a.) Apt to talk in sleep.
Wink :: Wink (v. i.) To nod; to sleep; to nap.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.
Somnific :: Somnific (a.) Causing sleep; somniferous.
Stringer :: Stringer (n.) A longitudinal sleeper.
Thick :: Thick (superl.) Deep; profound; as, thick sleep..
Wake :: Wake (v. i.) To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
Sleepwaking :: Sleepwaking (n.) The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep..
Somnolent :: Somnolent (a.) Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.
Sleepy :: Sleepy (n.) Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion..
Arouse :: Arouse (v. t.) To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties..
Snore :: Snore (v. i.) To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A sleeping car.
Hall :: Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment..
Awakening :: Awakening (n.) The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual..
On :: On (prep.) In continuance; without interruption or ceasing; as, sleep on, take your ease; say on; sing on..
Sleep-at-noon :: Sleep-at-noon (n.) A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard.
Awake :: Awake (v. i.) To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death..
Corybantiasm :: Corybantiasm (n.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep.
Dead :: Dead (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep..
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