| sleeping | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. sleeping | the state of being asleep. |
| ~ dream, dreaming | a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.; "I had a dream about you last night" |
| ~ sleep, slumber | 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" |
| n. (act) | 2. dormancy, quiescence, quiescency, sleeping | quiet and inactive restfulness. |
| ~ repose, rest, ease, relaxation | freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility).; "took his repose by the swimming pool" |
| ~ vegetation | inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life.; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation" |
| n. (act) | 3. sleeping | the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate. |
| ~ noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism | walking by a person who is asleep. |
| ~ sleep talking, somniloquism, somniloquy | uttering speech while asleep. |
| ~ cat sleep, catnap, forty winks, short sleep, snooze, nap | sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed). |
| ~ doze, drowse | a light fitful sleep. |
| ~ bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity | an organic process that takes place in the body.; "respiratory activity" |
| adj. | 4. dormant, sleeping | lying with head on paws as if sleeping. |
| ~ heraldry | the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies. |
| ~ unerect | not upright in position or posture. |
| sleep | | |
| n. (state) | 1. sleep, slumber | 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" |
| ~ sleeping | the state of being asleep. |
| ~ nonrapid eye movement, nonrapid eye movement sleep, nrem, nrem sleep, orthodox sleep | a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time. |
| ~ paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement, rapid eye movement sleep, rem, rem sleep | a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep. |
| ~ shuteye | informal term for sleep. |
| ~ physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state | the condition or state of the body or bodily functions. |
| n. (state) | 2. sleep, sopor | a torpid state resembling deep sleep. |
| ~ physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state | the condition or state of the body or bodily functions. |
| n. (time) | 3. nap, 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" |
| ~ beauty sleep | sleep before midnight. |
| ~ kip | sleep.; "roused him from his kip" |
| n. (state) | 4. eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest, 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" |
| v. (body) | 5. catch some z's, kip, log z's, sleep, slumber | be asleep. |
| ~ rest | be at rest. |
| ~ practice bundling, bundle | sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed. |
| ~ catch a wink, catnap, nap | take a siesta.; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour" |
| ~ sleep in, sleep late | sleep later than usual or customary.; "On Sundays, I sleep in" |
| ~ hibernate, hole up | sleep during winter.; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves" |
| ~ aestivate, estivate | sleep during summer.; "certain animals estivate" |
| v. (stative) | 6. 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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