sleep /slip/
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"
2. a torpid state resembling deep sleep
3. a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a 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"
synset: rest, eternal_rest, sleep, eternal_sleep, quietus
synset: sleep, kip, slumber, log_Z's, catch_some_Z's
2. be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"
synset: sleep
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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