Definition of sleep

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Sleep (v. t.) To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep..

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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 :: Sleep (v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
Sleepwaking :: Sleepwaking (n.) The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep..
Night :: Night (n.) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep..
Consopite :: Consopite (a.) Lulled to sleep.
Dream :: Dream (n.) The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision..
Stagger :: Stagger (n.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers..
Dogsleep :: Dogsleep (n.) The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.
Mara :: Mara (n.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions..
Somnolent :: Somnolent (a.) Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.
Sleepy :: Sleepy (n.) Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep..
Soporific :: Soporific (a.) Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium..
Snore :: Snore (n.) A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.
Lodging :: Lodging (n.) A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning..
Waken :: Waken (v. t.) To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.
Sleeping :: Sleeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slee.
Sleepily :: Sleepily (adv.) In a sleepy manner; drowsily.
Somnifugous :: Somnifugous (a.) Driving away sleep.
Opiate :: Opiate (v. t.) To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.
Sleep-at-noon :: Sleep-at-noon (n.) A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard.
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