sleep

Speech parts

1. sleep - Noun

2. sleep - Verb

4. Sleep - Proper noun

Meaning

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.

To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.

To be dead; to lie in the grave.

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.

To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.

To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rest nap slumber repose doze drowse kip hibernate sleeping snooze drop off quietus catnap nod off sopor
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Antonyms

wake rouse action activity babble turn-out
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Hypernyms

death period rest hold accommodate admit

Hyponyms

kip REM sleep hibernate sleeping bundle nap

Phrases with the word

sleep tight sleep on On Sleep long sleep how can you sleep at night does Dolly Parton sleep on her back

Derivatives

slept sleeping

Anagrams

plese speel peels

Examples

she was laid to rest beside her husband Source: Internet

they had to put their family pet to sleep Source: Internet

he felt better after a little sleep Source: Internet

there wasn't time for a nap Source: Internet

he didn't get enough sleep last night Source: Internet

calm as a child in dreamless slumber Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sleekstone sleeky Sleeman sleep 500 sleep a wink sleep aid