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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"

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I never slept that night. - I didn't sleep at all that night.

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Sleep is the natural state of rest in which your eyes are closed, your body is inactive, and your mind does not think. They were exhausted from lack of sleep Try and get some sleep Be quiet and go to sleep Often he would have bad dreams and cry out in his sleep

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An act or instance of sleeping

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A sleep is a period of sleeping. I think he may be ready for a sleep soon

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wait

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If a sick or injured animal is put to sleep, it is killed by a vet in a way that does not cause it pain. I'm going take the dog down to the vet's and have her put to sleep. = put down

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be asleep be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people

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To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps

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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"

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To rest in a state of reduced consciousness

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a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"

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In the Tradition different sort of dreamstates are indicated: lucid dreams, dreamless sleep, the sleep of assimilation, the sleep of Alifa, the sleep of Avasha, the rest of Arcana, etc All these states signify states which are only understood by initiates because they correspond with exactly those degrees of Initiation one can not divulge

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A substance found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness)

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A word often used in connection with hypnosis, but natural sleep is not the same as a hypnotic 'sleep'

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be asleep

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To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly

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To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber

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To be dead; to lie in the grave

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A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state

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wait for a given period

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a torpid state resembling sleep a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"

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be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"

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To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge

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The state in which a thread completely suspends execution until another thread signals it that there is work to do

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suspend execution for interval

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If a building or room sleeps a particular number of people, it has beds for that number of people. The villa sleeps 10 and costs £530 per person for two weeks. see also sleeping

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{f} be in a state of sleep, fall asleep, slumber; enter into or be in a state that resembles sleep; be inattentive, be inactive; accommodate, provide with a place to sleep; be in the repose of death

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noun - A drug Sleep is the only known drug that has the ability to make you want more with the less you take And if you get none of it, you want it very badly If you deny your addiction to sleep, the withdrawal sequence includes dozing off, smacking into things, lack of attention, and getting hit by parked cars

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{i} unconscious state entered into by the body for the purpose of rest and rejuvenation (in humans and animals); period of rest; inactive state; repose of death; closing of leaves and petals at night

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a torpid state resembling sleep

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When you sleep, you rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body inactive. During the car journey, the baby slept a pool surrounded by sleeping sunbathers

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of Sleep

Tom said he wanted to buy a couple of sleeping bags. - Tom said that he wanted to buy a couple of sleeping bags.

One hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours after. - An hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours of sleep after midnight.

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If you say that you didn't lose any sleep over something, you mean that you did not worry about it at all. I didn't lose too much sleep over that investigation

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to sleep rough: see rough. Natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored. Humans normally sleep at night, whereas nocturnal species sleep during the day. The average human sleep requirement is about 7.5 hours. Sleep is divided into two main types, REM (rapid-eye-movement) and NREM (non-REM); each recurs cyclically several times during a normal period of sleep. REM sleep is characterized by increased neuronal activity of the forebrain and midbrain, by depressed muscle tone, and by dreaming (see dream), rapid eye movements, and vascular congestion of the sex organs. NREM sleep is divided into four stages, the last of which is the deep, restorative, quiet sleep commonly associated with "a good night's rest." See also insomnia, narcolepsy

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If you are trying to make a decision and you say that you will sleep on it, you mean that you will delay making a decision on it until the following day, so you have time to think about it

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