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/slip/

Synonyms of sleep Antonyms of sleep Examples of sleep Usage of sleep Parts of sleep Definition that contains sleep Words sounding like sleep Explanation of sleep

noun
a period of time spent sleeping
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"he felt better after a little sleep"

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nap

type of:
period of time time period period
noun
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
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"they had to put their family pet to sleep"

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eternal rest eternal sleep quietus rest

type of:
death
verb
be asleep
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Similar:

catch some z's kip log z's slumber

Opposite:

wake

type of:
rest
noun
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
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"he didn't get enough sleep last night"

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slumber

type of:
physiological condition physical condition physiological state
noun
a torpid state resembling deep sleep
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sopor

type of:
physiological state physical condition physiological condition
verb
be able to accommodate for sleeping
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"This tent sleeps six people"

type of:
admit accommodate hold

Examples of sleep

"he felt better after a little sleep"
"they had to put their family pet to sleep"
"he didn't get enough sleep last night"
"This tent sleeps six people"