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NOUN | 1 | sleep, slumber | A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended |
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2 | sleep | A torpid state resembling sleep | |
3 | sleep, nap | A period of time spent sleeping | |
4 | sleep, rest, eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus | Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) | |
VERB | 1 | sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's | Be asleep |
2 | sleep | Be able to accommodate for sleeping |
Sounds | sliy'p |
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Rhymes | asleep, beep, bleep, and 18 more rhymes in iyp at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended. |
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Examples | "he didn't get enough sleep last night" |
Synonyms | slumber |
Narrower | sleeping; orthodox sleep, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM sleep, nonrapid eye movement, NREM; paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REM; shuteye |
Broader | physiological state, physiological condition |
Verbs | sleep |
Meaning | A torpid state resembling sleep. |
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Broader | physiological state, physiological condition |
Meaning | A period of time spent sleeping. |
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Examples | "he felt better after a little sleep" |
Synonyms | nap |
Narrower | beauty sleep; kip |
Broader | time period, period of time, period |
Verbs | sleep; sleep |
Meaning | Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb). |
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Examples | "they had to put their family pet to sleep" |
Synonyms | rest, eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus |
Broader | death |
Meaning | Be asleep. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Model | Sam and Sue sleep |
Synonyms | kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's |
Caused by | cause to sleep; anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put to sleep, put under, put out |
Entailed by | oversleep; snore, saw wood, saw logs; wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken; dream |
Narrower | bundle, practice bundling; nap, catnap, catch a wink; sleep late, sleep in; hibernate, hole up; estivate, aestivate |
Broader | rest |
Contrary | wake |
See also | sleep in; sleep late, sleep in; sleep out |
Nouns | sleeper; sleeping; sleep; sleep |
Meaning | Be able to accommodate for sleeping. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "This tent sleeps six people" |
Broader | accommodate, hold, admit |
Nouns | sleeper; sleeper; sleep |