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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Interminate :: Interminate (a.) Endless; as, interminate sleep..
Sopition :: Sopition (n.) The act of putting to sleep, or the state of being put to sleep; sleep..
Slumber :: Slumber (v. t.) To lay to sleep.
Somniatory :: Somniatory (a.) Pertaining to sleep or dreams; somnial.
Soporate :: Soporate (v. t.) To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy.
Dream :: Dream (v. t.) To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause..
Somnifugous :: Somnifugous (a.) Driving away sleep.
Stirring :: Stirrer (n.) One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer..
Hypnology :: Hypnology (n.) A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep.
Snooze :: Snooze (n.) A short sleep; a nap.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A sleeping car.
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..
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.
Doziness :: Doziness (n.) The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
Doze :: Doze (v. i.) To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy..
Alarm :: Alarm (n.) A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum..
While :: While (conj.) During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; as, while I write, you sleep..
Siesta :: Siesta (n.) A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap..
Berth :: Berth (n.) A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in..
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..
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