- sleep, slumber - a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
--1 is a kind of physiological state, physiological condition
--1 has particulars:sleeping; orthodox sleep, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM sleep, nonrapid eye movement, NREM; paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REM; shuteye Derived form: verb sleep1 - sleep - a torpid state resembling sleep
--2 is a kind of physiological state, physiological condition
- sleep, nap - a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"
--3 is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--3 has particulars: beauty sleep; kipDerived forms: verb sleep2, verb sleep1 - rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus - euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
--4 is a kind of death
- sleep, nap - a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"
- sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's - be asleep
--1 is one way to rest
Antonyms: wake
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun sleep3, noun sleep1, noun sleeper1, noun sleeping1
Sam and Sue sleep
- sleep - be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"
--2 is one way to accommodate, hold, admit
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun sleep3, noun sleeper6, noun sleeper5
Something ----s somebody