noun
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
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- he didn't get enough sleep last night
- calm as a child in dreamless slumber
noun
a torpid state resembling deep sleep
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noun
a period of time spent sleeping
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- he felt better after a little sleep
- there wasn't time for a nap
noun
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
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- she was laid to rest beside her husband
- they had to put their family pet to sleep
verb
be able to accommodate for sleeping
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- This tent sleeps six people