Definition of sleep

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Sleep (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..

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Slumberless :: Slumberless (a.) Without slumber; sleepless.
Sleepiness :: Sleepiness (n.) The quality or state of being sleepy.
Narcotic :: Narcotic (n.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium..
Sleep-at-noon :: Sleep-at-noon (n.) A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard.
Insomnolence :: Insomnolence (n.) Sleeplessness.
Comatose :: Comatose (a.) Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever..
Asleep :: Asleep (a. & adv.) In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
Sandman :: Sandman (n.) A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them..
Sleepy :: Sleepy (n.) Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
Nap :: Nap (v. i.) To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
Opiate :: Opiate (n.) Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic..
Opiate :: Opiate (a.) Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes..
Bedchamber :: Bedchamber (n.) A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in.
Berth :: Berth (n.) A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in..
Wink :: Wink (v. i.) To nod; to sleep; to nap.
Pullman Car :: Pullman car () A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman..
Dwale :: Dwale (a.) A sleeping potion; an opiate.
Mesmerize :: Mesmerize (v. t.) To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation..
Opiate :: Opiate (v. t.) To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.
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