sleep
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To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
“You should sleep 8 hours a day.”
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(of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
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To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
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To accommodate in beds.
“This caravan can sleep four people comfortably.”
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To be slumbering in (a state).
“to sleep a dreamless sleep”
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To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
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To be dead; to lie in the grave.
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To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
“a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps”
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To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
“After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again.”
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To place into a state of hibernation.
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The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
“I really need some sleep.”
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An act or instance of sleeping.
“I’m just going to have a quick sleep.”
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(metonymically) A night.
“There are only three sleeps till Christmas!”
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Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
“Wipe the sleep from your eyes.”
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A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
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The hibernation of animals.
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