ALL meanings of sleep
sleep
S s - intransitive verb sleep be asleep 1
- intransitive verb sleep go to bed, spend the night 1
- noun sleep period of sleeping 1
- noun sleep dormant state 1
- intransitive verb sleep be inattentive 1
- transitive verb sleep accommodate for sleeping 1
- verb without object sleep to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake. 1
- verb without object sleep Botany. to assume, especially at night, a state similar to the sleep of animals, marked by closing of petals, leaves, etc. 1
- verb without object sleep to be dormant, quiescent, or inactive, as faculties. 1
- verb without object sleep to be careless or unalert; allow one's alertness, vigilance, or attentiveness to lie dormant: While England slept, Germany prepared for war. 1
- verb without object sleep to lie in death: They are sleeping in their tombs. 1
- verb with object sleep to take rest in (a specified kind of sleep): He slept the sleep of the innocent. 1
- verb with object sleep to accommodate for sleeping; have sleeping accommodations for: This trailer sleeps three people. 1
- verb with object sleep to spend or pass in sleep (usually followed by away or out): to sleep the day away. 1
- verb with object sleep to recover from the effects of (a headache, hangover, etc.) by sleeping (usually followed by off or away). 1
- noun sleep the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps. 1
- noun sleep a period of sleeping: a brief sleep. 1
- noun sleep dormancy or inactivity. 1
- noun sleep the repose of death. 1
- noun sleep sleeper (def 10). 1
- idioms sleep put to sleep, to put (an animal) to death in a humane way: to put a sick old dog to sleep. 1
- uncountable noun sleep Sleep is the natural state of rest in which your eyes are closed, your body is inactive, and your mind does not think. 0
- verb sleep When you sleep, you rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body inactive. 0
- countable noun sleep A sleep is a period of sleeping. 0
- verb sleep If a building or room sleeps a particular number of people, it has beds for that number of people. 0
- noun sleep a periodic state of physiological rest during which consciousness is suspended and metabolic rate is decreased 0
- noun sleep a period spent sleeping 0
- noun sleep a state of quiescence or dormancy 0
- noun sleep the dried mucoid particles often found in the corners of the eyes after sleeping 0
- verb sleep to be in or as in the state of sleep 0
- verb sleep (of plants) to show nyctitropism 0
- verb sleep to be inactive or quiescent 0
- verb sleep to have sleeping accommodation for (a certain number) 0
- verb sleep to pass (time) sleeping 0
- verb sleep to fail to pay attention 0
- verb sleep to be dead 0
- noun sleep a natural, regularly recurring condition of rest for the body and mind, during which the eyes are usually closed and there is little or no conscious thought or voluntary movement, but there is intermittent dreaming 0
- noun sleep a spell of sleeping 0
- noun sleep any state of inactivity thought of as like sleep, as death, unconsciousness, hibernation, etc. 0
- noun sleep nyctitropism 0
- intransitive verb sleep to be in the state of sleep; slumber 0
- intransitive verb sleep to be in a state of inactivity like sleep, as that of death, quiescence, hibernation, inattention, etc. 0
- intransitive verb sleep to have sexual intercourse (with) 0
- intransitive verb sleep to postpone a decision (on) to allow time for deliberation 0
- intransitive verb sleep to assume a nyctitropic position at night, as petals or leaves 0
- verb transitive sleep to slumber in (a specified kind of sleep) 0
- verb transitive sleep to provide sleeping accommodations for 0