Definition of sleep

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Sleep (v. t.) To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep..

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Supersubstantial :: Superstructure (n.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed..
Somnolency :: Somnolency (n.) Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state..
Somnial :: Somnial (a.) Of or pertaining to sleep or dreams.
Bedchamber :: Bedchamber (n.) A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
Sleepwaking :: Sleepwaking (n.) The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep..
Somniferous :: Somniferous (a.) Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion..
Bundle :: Bundle (v. i.) To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping..
Snooze :: Snooze (n.) A short sleep; a nap.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
Awakening :: Awakening (a.) Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn..
Oscitant :: Oscitant (a.) Sleepy; drowsy; dull; sluggish; careless.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
Awake :: Awake (v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
Nappy :: Nappy (a.) Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy..
Longitudinal :: Longitudinal (n.) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
Somniloquism :: Somniloquism (n.) The act or habit of talking in one's sleep; somniloquy.
Sleepless :: Sleepless (a.) Having no sleep; wakeful.
Somnifugous :: Somnifugous (a.) Driving away sleep.
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