Definition of sleep

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Sleep (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..

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Snore :: Snore (n.) A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.
Soporous :: Soporous (a.) Causing sleep; sleepy.
Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Either one of two or more species of South American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep. They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the blood with which they gorge themselves is stored..
Nappy :: Nappy (a.) Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy; strong; heady; as, nappy ale..
Hypnotic :: Hypnotic (a.) Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
Asleep :: Asleep (a. & adv.) Numbed, and, usually, tingling..
Somnambulation :: Somnambulation (n.) The act of walking in sleep.
On :: On (prep.) In continuance; without interruption or ceasing; as, sleep on, take your ease; say on; sing on..
Sleepwaker :: Sleepwaker (n.) On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.
Slumber :: Slumber (n.) Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose..
Dozy :: Dozy (a.) Drowsy; inclined to doze; sleepy; sluggish; as, a dozy head..
Siesta :: Siesta (n.) A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap..
Sleepful :: Sleepful (a.) Strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy.
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..
Grillage :: Grillage (n.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.
Sommeil :: Sommeil (n.) Slumber; sleep.
Insomnious :: Insomnious (a.) Restless; sleepless.
Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive..
Arouse :: Arouse (v. t.) To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties..
Hypnogenic :: Hypnogenic (a.) Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an attack of hypnotic sleep..
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