Other Definitions
sleep (enc)
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Sleep| Noun | 1. | sleep - a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber" | | | 2. | sleep - a torpid state resembling sleep | | | 3. | sleep - a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" kip - sleep; "roused him from his kip" | | | 4. | sleep - euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"death - the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life" | | | Verb | 1. | sleep - be asleephibernate, hole up - sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves" live in, sleep in - live in the house where one works; "our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her" sleep out, live out - work in a house where one does not live; "our cook lives out; he can easily commute from his home" wake - be awake, be alert, be there | | | 2. | sleep - be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"accommodate, admit, hold - have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" | |
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