Sleep

Definition:

  • () imp. of Sleep. Slept.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
  • (v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
  • (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.
  • (v. t.) To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
  • (v. t.) To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.
  • (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.

Compare sleep with other words:

sleep vs. torpor

flay vs. sleep

make vs. sleep

sleep vs. steep

sleek vs. sleep

sleep vs. sleet

seep vs. sleep

sleep vs. sweep

sheep vs. sleep

phone vs. sleep

sleep vs. slip

bedtime vs. sleep

fancy vs. sleep

orange vs. sleep

hibernation vs. sleep

floor vs. sleep

gound vs. sleep

bedsite vs. sleep

sleep vs. somniloquism

consopite vs. sleep

agrypnotic vs. sleep

sleep vs. slumberingly

dormitive vs. sleep

sleep vs. sleeptalking

sleep vs. somniloquy

sleep vs. sloom

faint vs. sleep

dormant vs. sleep

sleep vs. sleepiness

lay vs. sleep

eat vs. sleep

sleep vs. swim

repose vs. sleep

mobile vs. sleep

sleep vs. snap

love vs. sleep

govern vs. sleep

die vs. sleep

hypnosis vs. sleep

lychnobite vs. sleep

sleep vs. somniloquence

dormancy vs. sleep

sleep vs. somniloquist

sleep vs. snoring

sleep vs. slumbering

sandman vs. sleep

sleep vs. sopor

arouse vs. sleep

sedative vs. sleep

please vs. sleep

sleep vs. somnolism

hypnagogic vs. sleep

awaken vs. sleep

sleep vs. sleeper

rheum vs. sleep

rouse vs. sleep

sedate vs. sleep

insomnia vs. sleep

sleep vs. somniferous

crusty vs. sleep

sleep vs. waken

bundle vs. sleep

hypnotic vs. sleep

opiate vs. sleep

kill vs. sleep

narcotic vs. sleep

sleep vs. somnambulist

sleep vs. wink

rip vs. sleep

hibernate vs. sleep

feet vs. sleep

awake vs. sleep

rouser vs. sleep

lodge vs. sleep

sleep vs. zed

roost vs. sleep

coma vs. sleep

mattress vs. sleep

incubus vs. sleep

sleep vs. snore

kip vs. sleep

sleep vs. soporific

sleep vs. somnambulate

lullaby vs. sleep

sleep vs. tired

sleep vs. wake

doze vs. sleep

nap vs. sleep

outsleep vs. sleep

accommodate vs. sleep

reduce vs. sleep

sleep vs. snooze

sleep vs. slumber

sleep vs. sleeping

rest vs. sleep

sleep vs. sleepy

sleep vs. sleepless

sleep vs. sleepful

sleep vs. state

consciousness vs. sleep

animal vs. sleep

oversleep vs. sleep

dream vs. sleep

catch vs. sleep

sleep vs. sound

bed vs. sleep

night vs. sleep

sleep vs. wait

asleep vs. sleep