Definition of sleep

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Sleep (v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.

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Somniloquist :: Somniloquist (n.) One who talks in his sleep.
Bed :: Bed (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs..
On :: On (prep.) In continuance; without interruption or ceasing; as, sleep on, take your ease; say on; sing on..
Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep..
Sleepiness :: Sleepiness (n.) The quality or state of being sleepy.
Night :: Night (n.) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep..
Nappy :: Nappy (a.) Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy..
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..
Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly..
Sleepy :: Sleepy (n.) Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security..
Soporific :: Soporific (a.) Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium..
Awakening :: Awakening (a.) Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn..
Wakening :: Wakening (n.) The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening..
Obdormition :: Obdormition (n.) Sleep.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) That which lies dormant, as a law..
Drowse :: Drowse (v. t.) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
Soporous :: Soporous (a.) Causing sleep; sleepy.
Somnipathy :: Somnipathy (n.) Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like..
Comatose :: Comatose (a.) Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever..
Sleepy :: Sleepy (n.) Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep..
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