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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Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece..
Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street..
Stirring :: Stirrer (n.) One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer..
Doze :: Doze (n.) A light sleep; a drowse.
Wake :: Wake (v. i.) To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
Asleep :: Asleep (a. & adv.) In the sleep of the grave; dead.
Snooze :: Snooze (n.) A short sleep; a nap.
Grateful :: Grateful (a.) Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep..
Opiate :: Opiate (a.) Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes..
Night :: Night (n.) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep..
Drowse :: Drowse (n.) A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
Slep :: Slep () imp. of Sleep. Slept.
Lullaby :: lullaby (v. t.) A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus..
Cry :: Cry (v. t.) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep..
Lodging :: Lodging (n.) A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning..
Somniculous :: Somniculous (a.) Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy.
Thick :: Thick (superl.) Deep; profound; as, thick sleep..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks..
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