Sleep
[sliːp] or [slip]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a torpid state resembling deep sleep.
(noun.) a period of time spent sleeping; 'he felt better after a little sleep'; 'there wasn't time for a nap'.
(verb.) be asleep.
(verb.) be able to accommodate for sleeping; 'This tent sleeps six people'.
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Definition
(-) imp. of Sleep. Slept.
(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.
(v. i.) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
(v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
(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.
(v. t.) To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
(v. t.) To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.
(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.
Edited by Alexander
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Slumber, doze, drowse, nap, repose, fall asleep, drop asleep, take a nap, take a SIESTA.
n. Slumber, repose, rest.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Slumber, doze, drowse, snooze, repose
ANT:Be_awake
Typist: Willie
Definition
v.i. to take rest by relaxation: to become unconscious: to slumber: to rest: to be motionless or inactive: to remain unnoticed: to live thoughtlessly: to be dead: to rest in the grave:—pa.t. and pa.p. slept.—n. the state of one who or that which sleeps: slumber: rest: the dormancy of some animals during winter: (bot.) nyctitropism.—n. Sleep′er one who sleeps: a horizontal timber supporting a weight rails &c.—adv. Sleep′ily.—n. Sleep′iness.—p.adj. Sleep′ing occupied with or for sleeping: dormant.—n. the state of resting in sleep: (Shak.) the state of being at rest or in abeyance.—ns. Sleep′ing-car -carriage a railway-carriage in which passengers have berths for sleeping in; Sleep′ing-draught a drink given to bring on sleep; Sleep′ing-part′ner (see Partner).—adj. Sleep′less without sleep: unable to sleep.—adv. Sleep′lessly.—ns. Sleep′lessness; Sleep′-walk′er one who walks while asleep: a somnambulist; Sleep′-walking.—adj. Sleep′y inclined to sleep: drowsy: dull: lazy.—n. Sleep′yhead a lazy person.—On sleep (B.) asleep.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of sleeping on clean, fresh beds, denotes peace and favor from those whom you love. To sleep in unnatural resting places, foretells sickness and broken engagements. To sleep beside a little child, betokens domestic joys and reciprocated love. To see others sleeping, you will overcome all opposition in your pursuit for woman's favor. To dream of sleeping with a repulsive person or object, warns you that your love will wane before that of your sweetheart, and you will suffer for your escapades. For a young woman to dream of sleeping with her lover or some fascinating object, warns her against yielding herself a willing victim to his charms.
Checker: Roland
Examples
- Which of them had a step so quiet, a hand so gentle, but I should have heard or felt her, if she had approached or touched me in a day-sleep? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My spirit will sleep in peace; or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Sleep, the other said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I am not going to sleep here. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- What with loss of sleep, arduous exercise, and a full belly, Tarzan of the Apes slept the sun around, awakening about noon of the following day. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She held her to her bosom; she cradled her in her arms; she rocked her softly, as if lulling a young child to sleep. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Unable to rest or sleep, she quitted her asylum early, that she might again endeavour to find my brother. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- How we shall conciliate this little creature, said Mrs. Bretton to me, I don't know: she tastes nothing, and by her looks, she has not slept. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Now while she still slept he turned her head and put his lips to hers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- What with loss of sleep, arduous exercise, and a full belly, Tarzan of the Apes slept the sun around, awakening about noon of the following day. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I passed the night under the shelter of a rock, strewing some heath under me, and slept pretty well. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- You must know that last night was the very first night that I have ever slept without a nurse in the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I slept with my head against them and one arm touching them, Pilar told him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- My father slept in the cabin; and I lay on the deck, looking at the stars, and listening to the dashing of the waves. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He had left his sleeping wife; and wanted, as Margaret saw, to be amused and interested by something that she was to tell him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- What was there in this simple and somewhat pretty sleeping-closet to startle the most timid? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Lily took no sleeping-drops that night. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I grasped it firmly, rose softly from the bed, and leaned over my sleeping wife. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Instead her eyes warned me to beware the sleeping figures that surrounded her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There she lay, unconscious that I was looking at her--quiet, more quiet than I had dared to hope, but not sleeping. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We have all heard of certain animals sleeping through the long winter months and most of us have probably wondered what happens to them when they do this. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There he sleeps, in that church. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You can tell them to sprinkle a little vinegar about the place where he sleeps and to keep it moderately cool and him moderately warm. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No one is stirring yet, but I know where the stable-boy sleeps, and we shall soon have the trap out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He sleeps in your old room,' said Agnes, looking up into my face. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Because she sleeps with thee she is no whore. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In the iron room that this young fellow sleeps outside of, there was never mind how much. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Thank God she sleeps so well, I hope she won't wake till she's home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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