SLEEP (slept)
Dictionary entry overview: What does sleep mean?
• SLEEP (noun)
The noun SLEEP has 4 senses:
1. a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
2. a torpid state resembling deep sleep
3. a period of time spent sleeping
4. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Familiarity information: SLEEP used as a noun is uncommon.
• SLEEP (verb)
The verb SLEEP has 2 senses:
1. be asleep
2. be able to accommodate for sleeping
Familiarity information: SLEEP used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SLEEP (noun)
Meaning:
A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
sleep; slumber
Context examples:
he didn't get enough sleep last night / calm as a child in dreamless slumber
Hypernyms ("sleep" is a kind of...):
physiological condition; physiological state (the state of the body or bodily functions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sleep"):
sleeping (the state of being asleep)
nonrapid eye movement; nonrapid eye movement sleep; NREM; NREM sleep; orthodox sleep (a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time)
paradoxical sleep; rapid eye movement; rapid eye movement sleep; REM; REM sleep (a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep)
shuteye (informal term for sleep)
Meaning:
A torpid state resembling deep sleep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
sopor; sleep
Hypernyms ("sleep" is a kind of...):
physiological condition; physiological state (the state of the body or bodily functions)
Meaning:
A period of time spent sleeping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
nap; sleep
Context examples:
he felt better after a little sleep / there wasn't time for a nap
Hypernyms ("sleep" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sleep"):
kip (sleep)
beauty sleep (sleep before midnight)
Meaning:
Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
eternal rest; eternal sleep; quietus; sleep; rest
Context examples:
she was laid to rest beside her husband / they had to put their family pet to sleep
Hypernyms ("sleep" is a kind of...):
death (the absence of life or state of being dead)
• SLEEP (verb)
Meaning:
Be asleep
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
catch some Z's; kip; log Z's; sleep; slumber
Hypernyms (to "sleep" is one way to...):
rest (be at rest)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sleep"):
bundle; practice bundling (sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed)
catch a wink; catnap; nap (take a siesta)
sleep in; sleep late (sleep later than usual or customary)
hibernate; hole up (sleep during winter)
aestivate; estivate (sleep during summer)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue sleep
Antonym:
wake (be awake, be alert, be there)
Also:
sleep in (sleep later than usual or customary)
sleep in (live in the house where one works)
sleep late (sleep later than usual or customary)
sleep out (work in a house where one does not live)
Meaning:
Be able to accommodate for sleeping
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
This tent sleeps six people
Hypernyms (to "sleep" is one way to...):
accommodate; admit; hold (have room for; hold without crowding)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
