sleep


sleep (http://definr.com/sleep)

     n 1: 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" [syn: slumber]
     2: a torpid state resembling sleep
     3: a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a
        little sleep"; "a brief nap" [syn: nap]
     4: 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"
        [syn: rest, eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus]
     v 1: be asleep [syn: kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's]
          [ant: wake]
     2: be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six
        people"