Overview of noun sleep

The noun sleep has 4 senses

• sleep, slumber -- (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")


• sleep, sopor -- (a torpid state resembling deep sleep)


• sleep, nap -- (a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap")


• rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus -- (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")

Overview of verb sleep

The verb sleep has 2 senses

• sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's -- (be asleep)


• sleep -- (be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people")