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"