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sleep
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Noun
  • euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
    • she was laid to rest beside her husband
    • they had to put their family pet to sleep
  • a period of time spent sleeping
    • he felt better after a little sleep
    • there wasn't time for a nap
  • a torpid state resembling deep sleep
  • 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
Verb
  • be able to accommodate for sleeping
    • This tent sleeps six people
  • be asleep
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