sleep

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v. slept, sleep•ing, n.

1) phl to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; to cease being awake

2) bot Bot. to assume, esp. at night, a state similar to the sleep of animals, marked by closing of petals, leaves, etc

3) to be dormant, quiescent, or inactive, as faculties

4) to allow one's alertness or attentiveness to lie dormant

5) to lie in death

6) to take rest in (a specified kind of sleep):

to sleep the sleep of the innocent[/ex]

7) to have sleeping accommodations for:

This trailer sleeps three people[/ex]

8) phv sleep around, to be sexually promiscuous

9) phv sleep away

a) to spend or pass (time) in sleep

b) Also, sleep off.

to get rid of (a headache, hangover, etc.) by sleeping.

10) phv sleep in

a) (of domestic help) to sleep where one is employed

b) to sleep beyond one's usual time of arising

11) phv sleep on, to postpone making a decision about for at least a day

12) sleep out

(of domestic help) to sleep away from one's place of employment

13) phv sleep over, to sleep in another person's home

14) phv sleep together, to be sexual partners

15) phv sleep with, to have sexual relations with

16) the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps

17) a period of sleeping

18) dormancy or inactivity

19) the repose of death

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Etymology: bef. 900; (v.) ME slepen, OE slēpan, slǣpan, slāpan, c. OHGslāfan, Go slepan