- 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. - To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be
vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. - To be dead; to lie in the grave. - 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. - 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.
3 . Sleep
[ v. t.]
- To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as,
to sleep a dreamless sleep. - To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for
sleeping; to lodge.
Meaning of 'sleep' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . sleep
[ n]
Meaning (1): - a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
Example in sentence:
calm as a child in dreamless slumber;
he didn't get enough sleep last night
Meaning (2): - a period of time spent sleeping
Example in sentence:
he felt better after a little sleep;
there wasn't time for a nap
Meaning (3): - euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Example in sentence:
she was laid to rest beside her husband;
they had to put their family pet to sleep
4 . sleep
[ v]
Meaning (4): - be able to accommodate for sleeping
Sleep centre Sleep centre is an area of the hypothalamus that induces sleep when it is electrically stimulated or removed entirely by surgery.
Sleep deprivation When people are prevented from sleeping they eventually experience ill effects such as hallucinations and confusions of thought and behavior is called sleep deprivation
Sleeper effect Sleeper effect is a term used in several different senses in the social psychology of attitude change. Its most frequent usage is probably in describing a change in an attitude
Paradoxical sleep Paradoxical sleep is a stage of sleep during which there is a great deal of electrical activity in the brain while the muscles are very relaxed and the sleeper is difficult
Dream sleep Dream sleep - in the 1950s it was discovered that Rapid Eye Movements (REMS) were associated with dreaming, thus providing a
Dormant or sleeping partner Dormant or sleeping partner is a partner who is both secret and silent. This person is only interested in investing funds in the company
Rapid eye movement, or REM sleep Sleep occupying 20 percent of an adult’s sleeping time, characterized by increased heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate;