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Definitions for Sleep

[1] to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
[2] Botany . to assume, especially at night, a state similar to the sleep of animals, marked by closing of petals, leaves, etc.
[3] to be dormant, quiescent, or inactive, as faculties.
[4] to be careless or unalert; allow one's alertness, vigilance, or attentiveness to lie dormant: While England slept, Germany prepared for war.
[5] to lie in death: They are sleeping in their tombs.
[6] to take rest in (a specified kind of sleep): He slept the sleep of the innocent.
[7] to accommodate for sleeping; have sleeping accommodations for: This trailer sleeps three people.
[8] to spend or pass in sleep (usually followed by away or out ): to sleep the day away.
[9] to recover from the effects of (a headache, hangover, etc.) by sleeping (usually followed by off or away ).
[10] the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
[11] a period of sleeping: a brief sleep.
[12] dormancy or inactivity.
[13] the repose of death.
[14] sleeper(def 10) .
[15] sleep around , Informal . to have sexual relations with many partners, especially in a casual way; be sexually promiscuous.
[16] sleep in , (especially of domestic help) to sleep where one is employed. to sleep beyond one's usual time of arising.
[17] sleep on , to postpone making a decision about for at least a day: to sleep on a proposal till the end of the week.
[18] sleep out , (especially of domestic help) to sleep away from one's place of employment. Chiefly Northern U.S. to sleep away from one's home. to sleep outdoors.
[19] sleep over , to spend one or more nights in a place other than one's own home: Two friends will sleep over this weekend.
[20] sleep together , to be sexual partners; have a sexual relationship.
[21] sleep with , to have sexual relations with.
[22] put to sleep , to put (an animal) to death in a humane way: to put a sick old dog to sleep.
[23] a periodic state of physiological rest during which consciousness is suspended and metabolic rate is decreased See also paradoxical sleep
[24] botany the nontechnical name for nyctitropism
[25] a period spent sleeping
[26] a state of quiescence or dormancy
[27] a poetic or euphemistic word for death
[28] informal the dried mucoid particles often found in the corners of the eyes after sleeping
[29] (intr) to be in or as in the state of sleep
[30] (intr) (of plants) to show nyctitropism
[31] (intr) to be inactive or quiescent
[32] (tr) to have sleeping accommodation for (a certain number) the boat could sleep six
[33] (tr foll by away ) to pass (time) sleeping
[34] (intr) to fail to pay attention
[35] (intr) poetic , or euphemistic to be dead
[36] sleep on it to give (something) extended consideration, esp overnight

Words related to Sleep

coma, slumber, dream, trance, hibernation, relax, snooze, doze, languish, torpor, dormancy, torpidity, lethargy, nod, catnap, repose, nap, rest, shuteye, siesta

Words nearby Sleep

sledge, sledgehammer, sleek, sleekit, sleeky, sleep, sleep a wink, not, sleep apnea, sleep apnoea, sleep around, sleep hygiene

Origin of Sleep

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English slēp (Anglian), slǣp, slāp; cognate with Dutch slaap, German Schlaf, Gothic slēps; (v.) Middle English slepen, Old English slēpan, slǣpan, slāpan, cognate with Old Saxon slāpan, Gothic slēpan

Other words from Sleep

sleep·ful , adjective
sleep·like , adjective
an·ti·sleep , adjective
un·der·sleep , verb (used without object), un·der·slept, un·der·sleep·ing.

Word origin for Sleep

Old English slǣpan; related to Old Frisian slēpa, Old Saxon slāpan, Old High German slāfan, German schlaff limp

Synonyms for Sleep

coma, dream, hibernation, slumber, trance, bedtime, catnap, dormancy, doze, dullness, lethargy, nap, nod, repose, rest, sandman, shuteye, siesta, snooze, torpidity, torpor, few z's, forty winks, sack time, slumberland