1. (noun)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"
2. (noun)sleep, sopor a torpid state resembling deepsleep
3. (noun)sleep, nap a period of time spent sleeping "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"
4. (noun)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"
5. (verb)sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's be asleep
6. (verb)sleep be able to accommodate for sleeping "This tent sleeps six people"
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