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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, sopor | A torpid state resembling deep 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... |
| 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 |
| Broader | physiological state, physiological condition |
| 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 |
| Adjectives | sleepy; sleepy |
| Verbs | sleep |
| Meaning | A torpid state resembling deep sleep. |
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| Synonyms | sopor |
| 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 |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period |
| Narrower | beauty sleep; kip |
| 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 |
| Contrary | wake |
| Caused by | cause to sleep; anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put to sleep, put under, put out |
| Broader | rest |
| See also | sleep late, sleep in; sleep in; sleep out |
| Narrower | bundle, practice bundling; nap, catnap, catch a wink; sleep late, sleep in; hibernate, hole up; estivate, aestivate |
| Entailed by | oversleep; snore, saw wood, saw logs; wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken; dream |
| Nouns | sleep; sleeper; sleep; sleeping |
| 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; sleep; sleeper |
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