Sleep (IPA: /ˈsɫip/)
| Sleep () |
imp. of Sleep. Slept. |
| Sleep (v. i.) |
To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber. |
| Sleep (v. i.) |
To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. |
| Sleep (v. i.) |
To be dead; to lie in the grave. |
| Sleep (v. i.) |
To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps. |
| Sleep (v. t.) |
To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep. |
| Sleep (v. t.) |
To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge. |
| Sleep (v. i.) |
A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state. |
| Sleep |
Any process in which an organism enters and maintains a periodic, readily reversible state of reduced awareness and metabolic activity |
| Sleep |
Unix command |
| Sleep |
Sleep in non-human beings |
| Sleep |
System call |
| Sleep |
Programming language |
| Example Sentence (Quote) ".. .when you get a good night's sleep and wake up ready to produce throughout the day." - Stephen Covey |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [to someone on the phone; angry] You know what? I hope you can sleep tonight, you crusher of little girls' dreams!" - Despicable Me 2 |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Ai: Hey! You're at our house and if you don't behave Mister Kaze, you can sleep outside for all I care!" - Final Fantasy Unlimited |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "As you make your bed, so you will sleep on it." - English proverbs |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "At eighteen you sleep without memories." - Nazim Hikmet |
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