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Sleep

noun
1.
A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended.  Synonym: slumber.  "Calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
2.
A torpid state resembling deep sleep.  Synonym: sopor.
3.
A period of time spent sleeping.  Synonym: nap.  "There wasn't time for a nap"
4.
Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb).  Synonyms: eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest.  "They had to put their family pet to sleep"
verb
(past slept; past part. slept)
1.
Be asleep.  Synonyms: catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, slumber.
2.
Be able to accommodate for sleeping.



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"Sleep" Quotes from Famous Books



... shows his love for her in his tender glances, and he has been wasting away, as if he were losing sleep. ...
— Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works • Kaalidaasa
... been pleasantly employed,' interrupted I. 'I have been nursing our poor little baby, who is very far from well, and I could not leave him till I got him to sleep.' ...
— The Tenant of Wildfell Hall • Anne Bronte
... of the Assembly, commissioners were expected here at night, and that the tocsin would be rung for every body to deliver up their arms. We did not dare go to bed on either of these nights, but merely lay down in our robes de chambre, without attempting to sleep. This dreaded business is, however, past. Parties of the Jacobins paraded the streets yesterday morning, and disarmed all they thought proper. I observed they had lists in their hands, and only went to such houses as ...
— A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, • An English Lady
... of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams ...
— The Bishop of Cottontown - A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills • John Trotwood Moore
... I, "when I feigned to believe that his Nautilus was threatened by the natives of Papua, the Captain answered me very sarcastically. I have but one thing to say to you: Have confidence in him, and go to sleep in peace." ...
— Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea • Jules Verne


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