sleep meaning and definition

SLEEP noun

Definition of sleep (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: slumber
2. a torpid state resembling deep sleep
   • synonyms: sopor
3. a period of time spent sleeping
   • "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"
   • synonyms: nap
4. 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"
   • synonyms: eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest

SLEEP verb

Definition of sleep (verb)

1. be asleep
   • synonyms: catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, slumber
   • antonym: wake
2. be able to accommodate for sleeping
   • "This tent sleeps six people"