n
(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, where-in the recipient is placed in a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess from Sleeping Beauty.
adj
In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
adj
Archaic spelling of asleep. [In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.]
v
(obsolete, poetic) To put to sleep.
adj
(idiomatic) fast asleep
n
Synonym of beauty sleep (extra sleep or a special nap)
n
(idiomatic, uncountable) Sleep before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to health and beauty.
n
Alternative spelling of beauty sleep [(idiomatic, uncountable) Sleep before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to health and beauty.]
n
(uncountable, usually after a preposition) Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
n
(idiomatic, baby-talk, childish) Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed, sleeping.
n
The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.
v
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive, archaic) To sleep; have a sleep; sleep with.
n
The month of May, observed to raise sleep quality awareness.
n
(idiomatic, euphemistic, almost always preceded by the) Death.
n
(uncountable, Cockney rhyming slang) Sleep.
n
(colloquial, childish) Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed.
v
(idiomatic) To go to bed to sleep
n
Alternative form of catnap (“short amount of time spent sleeping”) [A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.]
v
Alternative form of catch some z's [(idiomatic) To sleep.]
v
Alternative form of catch some z's [(idiomatic) To sleep.]
v
(informal, idiomatic) To take advantage of someone's inattention.
v
(intransitive) To take a catnap (short sleep or nap).
v
(intransitive, informal) to fall fast asleep; to sleep soundly
v
(US, slang) To fall asleep.
v
(intransitive, chiefly sociology) To sleep in the same bed (with someone), especially of a family member, parent, child etc.
v
(idiomatic) To attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep.
adj
(idiomatic) Sleeping in a deep sleep
n
A particularly sound sleep
n
A form of protest where a group of people in a public area lie on the ground to simulate being dead.
n
(slang, indelicate) A state of permanent rest; the state of death.
n
A shallow sleep; a pretended sleep.
n
(nautical) The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.
n
(obsolete) A rest; a short nap.
n
(figuratively) A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).
adj
(figuratively) Unconscious or sound asleep.
v
(intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To fall asleep slowly.
n
(idiomatic, euphemistic) Death
n
(informal) A brief period of sleep; forty winks.
v
(poetic, euphemistic) To die (often seen on gravestones).
v
(Eastern Orthodoxy, poetic, archaic, euphemistic) To die.
adj
(idiomatic) Sleeping, in a deep sleep.
adv
(idiomatic) At a very high volume; extremely loudly.
v
(archaic, intransitive) To be overcome with sleep.
n
(idiomatic) A short sleep, an extra sleep, a nap.
n
(idiomatic) feigned sleep while actually alert
n
Alternative form of fox sleep [(idiomatic) feigned sleep while actually alert]
v
(euphemistic) To die without protest.
v
(colloquial, childish) To go to sleep; to fall asleep.
v
(simile) To fall asleep quickly.
v
To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.
v
(figuratively) To go to bed very early.
v
(figuratively) To go to bed very early.
v
(idiomatic, figuratively) To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.
v
(UK, slang, with "out") To sleep.
n
(colloquial) A period of good sleep during a particular night.
n
(idiomatic) An involuntary departure.
v
Alternative form of catch some z's [(idiomatic) To sleep.]
v
Alternative form of catch some z's [(idiomatic) To sleep.]
v
(intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
v
(idiomatic) To go to bed.
v
To go to bed and to rise early; to lead a quiet and regular life.
v
(informal, chiefly in the negative) To be unwilling to sleep with (someone).
n
(informal, chiefly UK and Australia) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
v
Obsolete form of leap. [(intransitive) To jump.]
v
(transitive) To sing a lullaby to.
v
To have a micronap; to sleep for a very short period of time, especially during the day.
n
(slang) A quick refreshing sleep.
v
To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
n
The time at which one naps
v
(intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
v
(idiomatic) To fall asleep, especially unintentionally.
v
(idiomatic) To become drowsy and fall asleep; nod off.
adj
(simile, colloquial) Asleep or unconscious, particularly if this has occurred suddenly and the sleep is deep.
v
(transitive) To sleep longer than or beyond.
v
(transitive, colloquial, rare) To take too many short sleeps.
v
(reflexive, now rare) To sleep for longer than one intended.
v
(idiomatic) To feign sleep, illness, etc.
v
(intransitive) To play possum; to feign sleep, illness, or death.
n
A short sleep taken in the daytime in order to refresh a person and generally terminated before deep sleep begins so as not to leave the sleeper drowsy.
n
Alternative form of power nap [A short sleep taken in the daytime in order to refresh a person and generally terminated before deep sleep begins so as not to leave the sleeper drowsy.]
v
(transitive) To help someone, for example a child, go to bed.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To render dormant.
n
(for children) Synonym of slumber party
v
(intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
n
(historical) Synonym of lance rest
v
(transitive, intransitive) To rock soothingly.
n
(colloquial, US) Bed (either literally or figuratively); usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
n
(US, military, slang) sleep
v
(slang) To fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion.
v
(chiefly late-19th-century US slang, intransitive) To snore very loudly.
v
(idiomatic) To snore loudly.
n
Alternative spelling of shut-eye [(informal) Sleep.]
v
(intransitive) to take a siesta; to nap.
v
To not go to bed (notionally remaining in a sitting position).
v
(intransitive) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
v
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To sleep at all.
v
(historical) Of a chimney sweep: to sleep unwashed, still in a sooty condition.
n
(slang, idiomatic) A person who habitually does with little to no sleep during the week and then makes up by sleeping a lot during the weekend.
n
The cumulative effect of not getting enough sleep, especially as seen as able to be made up for by sleeping more than usual.
n
(informal) sleep deprivation
n
The control of behavioural and environmental factors in order to ensure effective sleep.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To sleep late; to go on sleeping past one's customary or planned hour.
v
To sleep very well and untroubled.
v
(simile) To sleep very well, especially peacefully.
v
(simile) Synonym of sleep like a log
v
(simile) To sleep heavily, long and without disturbance.
v
Synonym of sleep like a log
v
(simile) Synonym of sleep like a log
n
A portable speaker placed near one's bed or under a pillow, intended to play sleep-inducing white noise or other repetitive sounds to help the user sleep; occasionally other functions such as aromatherapy are included.
n
(computing) the state of a computer system in which the drives and interfaces are switched off, and the only task running is monitoring external activity, particularly a key press which restores the system to its active state from the random access memory.
n
A deep and worry-free sleep.
v
To get rid of (a pain, illness, condition) by sleeping.
v
(idiomatic, slang) To miss or ignore, usually used when attesting to the quality of something.
v
To sleep throughout the duration of; sleep off.
n
(psychology) A period of days or weeks during the first two years of life characterized by a change in an infant's sleep patterns, leading to irregularities such as increased awakenings and fussiness.
v
Alternative form of sleeptalk. [To talk unconsciously in one's sleep.]
v
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleep, together.
n
An instance of sleeping in, sleeping late, sleeping until one feels fully refreshed rather than rising at a prespecified time.
n
(informal) A break from ordinary activities in order to catch up on missed sleep.
v
Alternative form of sleep-eat [To eat in one's sleep; to eat while asleep.]
n
That which lies dormant, as a law.
n
(informal) Sleep (mucus in the eyes).
adj
(idiomatic) Alternative form of asleep at the switch [(idiomatic) Neglectful of an important task, responsibility, or opportunity.]
n
The time at which one sleeps or goes to sleep.
adv
(rare) In terms of sleep.
v
(rare) To write in one's sleep.
n
(informal) The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound.
n
Alternative form of sleepyhead [(informal) A sleepy person.]
n
sleep (rheum around the eyes)
n
(informal) A sleepy person.
n
(childish) The time to sleep
n
A gentle sleep; slumber.
v
(obsolete, intransitive, transitive) To be idle; to idle (away time).
v
(transitive, obsolete) To lay to sleep.
n
(US, informal) Rare spelling of snooze. [A brief period of sleep; a nap.]
n
(informal) The snooze button on an alarm clock.
n
(informal) The time when one snoozes or sleeps.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To put to sleep; to quiet.
adj
(of sleep) Quiet and deep.
adj
(idiomatic) Sleeping still and silently.
v
(slang) To sleep; to be asleep.
n
(electronics) sleep mode
n
(Northern England, Scotland) A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
v
(idiomatic) To sleep briefly.
n
A sweet and refreshing sleep.
v
(idiomatic, colloquial) To go to bed; to go to sleep (especially at, or around midnight).
v
(intransitive) To sleep too little.
adj
Having had sufficient (or even more than enough) sleep or rest to function optimally during waking hours.
adj
Rare spelling of well-rested. [Having had sufficient (or even more than enough) sleep or rest to function optimally during waking hours.]
n
Alternative letter-case form of z's (sleep). [(colloquial) Sleep.]
n
(colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep.
v
(intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
n
Alternative form of zizz (a nap, a short sleep) [(informal) A nap or sleep.]
v
(informal, intransitive) To take a nap.
v
(slang, idiomatic) To fall suddenly into a very deep sleep.
v
(onomatopoeia) To sleep or snore.
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