sleep
noun
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euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)rest
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a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended“I didn't get enough sleep last night.”slumber
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a torpid state resembling deep sleepsopor
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a period of time spent sleeping“They felt better after a little sleep.”nap
verb
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be asleepkip
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be able to accommodate for sleeping“This tent sleeps six people”