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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Oversleep :: Oversleep (v. t.) To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising..
Sleepless :: Sleepless (a.) Having no rest; perpetually agitated.
Rouse :: Rouse (v.) To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly..
Dormant :: Dormant (a.) Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles..
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold..
Insomnious :: Insomnious (a.) Restless; sleepless.
Somniloquous :: Somniloquous (a.) Apt to talk in sleep.
Litter :: Litter (v. i.) To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
Soporific :: Soporific (a.) Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium..
Gape :: Gape (v. i.) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.
Drowsy :: Drowsy (superl.) Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
Drowse :: Drowse (v. t.) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
"dormant :: Dormant (a.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or sleep..
Thick :: Thick (superl.) Deep; profound; as, thick sleep..
Corybantiasm :: Corybantiasm (n.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep.
Agrypnotic :: Agrypnotic (n.) Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee..
Quietly :: Quietly (adv.) Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly..
Stringer :: Stringer (n.) A longitudinal sleeper.
Grateful :: Grateful (a.) Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep..
Hypnology :: Hypnology (n.) A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep.
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