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(n)
(uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
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(informal, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.
A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
(uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
The action of rest
(countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
The place or period where a creature roosts.
(v)
(intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
(intransitive) To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.
(idiomatic) A short sleep, an extra sleep, a nap.
A state of drowsiness or sleepiness.
(biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
A state of being inactive or stuporous.
(countable) A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures.
(intransitive) Often followed by away or off: to be drowsy or sleepy; to be half-asleep.
A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.
(informal) Sleep.
(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
An imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic; a fantasy.
(slang) Time spent sleeping.
An imaginary place inhabited by those who are asleep; (by extension) the state of slumber.
A gentle sleep; slumber.
A sleepover; a party where people stay and sleep overnight.
sleepwear
The time at which one sleeps or goes to sleep.
Alternative form of slumbercoach. [(rail transport) A type of sleeping car.]
(informal) Sleep (mucus in the eyes).
A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
Elongated form of sleep.
The second sleep of the night in a biphasic sleep pattern, after the watch.
(informal) A break from ordinary activities in order to catch up on missed sleep.
(medicine) stage 3 of non-rapid eye movement sleep
(science fiction) A spaceship, all or some of whose passengers are in suspended animation.
Someone who sleeps.
A burst of oscillatory brain activity during stage 2 sleep.
Synonym of sleepwear.
A snuggle.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleepy, sand.
A brief slump in performance
A button on an alarm clock which, when pressed, silences the alarm temporarily, granting a few more minutes of sleep before the alarm sounds again.
Alternative form of coldsleep. [A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.]
A person who is trying to become slim by dieting.
(geology) The act or result of slumping or sinking down.
A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.
An act or instance of slipping.
A period of weight loss.
(footwear) A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
(martial arts, wrestling) A chokehold from behind that restricts blood flow to the brain and can cause the recipient to become unconscious.
a blindfold made to ease sleeping by covering the eyes to block all light.
Flavored shaved ice served as a drink (a slushie).
(surfing) A very small wave.
A soft slipper or similar foot covering, especially a disposable slipper of a kind distributed to train or aeroplane passengers.
A slime with a soft, pillowy texture, used as a plaything.
Alternative spelling of slo-mo.
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
A thin mat used to insulate a sleeper from the ground when sleeping outdoors.
A little drift, as of snow.
The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.
A spanking with a slipper.
The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
(adj)
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
As much as a sleigh will hold.
(South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop.
The act of lying on their sides, nestled front-to-back on a bed.
(science fiction) A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
(literary) Mist, fog, vapour.
A motion or action that sloshes.
Someone who has a tendency to feel too cold when sleeping at night.
(countable) A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.
A woman's undergarment.
A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
Alternative form of slam dancing. [A form of dancing, to punk rock music, in which the dancers deliberately collide with each other.]
The action of coating with slime, or an instance of doing this.
An instance of spending the summer, as for a vacation or for cooler weather.
Synonym of sleeping mat.
(slang, neologism, cosmetics) The practice of smothering one's face with vaseline in order to moisturize it.
An avalanche (large mass or snow which slips down a mountainside)
Synonym of soft snap.
Alternative form of snappling (“abseiling”). [(Israel) The sport or activity of abseiling.]
A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
The act of gliding.
The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore.
(baseball) A pitch in which the pitcher throws a slider as if he or she were throwing a curve ball.
A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow.
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland, intransitive) To drizzle, to rain lightly and finely.
(geology) A rapid soil creep, especially referring to downslope soil movement in periglacial areas.
An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
A little stream; a streamlet.
Light rain.