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sleep
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[ verb ] be asleep
Synonyms Used in print (William Gomberg, "Unions and the Anti-Trust Laws"...)Or , in the words of Anatole_France , `` The law in its majestic equality must forbid the rich , as_well as the poor , from begging in the streets and sleeping under bridges '' . ("Sports"...)Mantle and Cerv use the twin_beds in the bedroom ; Maris sleeps on a green studio_couch in the living_room . (The Providence Journal...)He preferred sleeping in bed with his head on a pillow . (Joseph E. Choate, "The American Boating Scene"...)Currently , marina is used to indicate a municipal or commercially operated facility where a pleasure_boat may dock and find some or all_of the following available : gasoline , fresh water , electricity , telephone_service , ice , repair facilities , restaurants , sleeping accommodations , a general_store , and a grocery_store . (Hal Kelly, "Build Hotei"...)Youngsters can sleep or amuse themselves safely in the large cabin which has 5 - foot 11 - inch headroom , bunks for three , galley and marine toilet . Related terms wake rest rest hibernate sleep_late nap bundle estivate live_in sleep_late sleep_late live_out sleeper |
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[ noun ] a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
Synonyms Examples "he didn't get enough sleep last night" "calm as a child in dreamless slumber" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)A `` mental_image '' subconsciously impressing us from beneath its language symbols in wakeful thought , or consciously in light sleep , is actually not an image at_all but is comprised of realities , viewed not in the concurrent sensory stream , but within the depths of the fourth_dimension . When consciousness deserts the sleeping body and the wakeful world , it continues in the myriad progressions of the ever-present past and future , in a life as vibrant and real as the one left when the body tired and required sleep . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)If we manage to keep track of a Bombus queen after she has left her feeding place , we may discover the snug little hideout which she has fixed_up for herself when she woke_up from her winter sleep . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)Before we comment further on these pathological conditions , we should remember that changes in the state of the hypothalamus within physiological limits distinguish sleep from wakefulness . Thus , a low intensity of hypothalamic cortical discharges prevails in sleep and a high one during wakefulness , resulting in synchronous EEG potentials in the former and asynchrony in the latter condition . |
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[ noun ] (medicine) a torpid state resembling sleep
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[ noun ] a period of time spent sleeping
Synonyms Examples "he felt better after a little sleep" "there wasn't time for a nap" Related terms |
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[ verb ] be able to accommodate for sleeping
Examples "This tent sleeps six people" Related terms |
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[ noun ] euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Synonyms Examples "she was laid to rest beside her husband" "they had to put their family pet to sleep" Related terms |
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