1. The state of being asleep 
2. Quiet and inactive restfulness
   - quiescence, quiescency, dormancy 
3. The suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

1. Lying with head on paws as if sleeping
   - dormant

1. Be asleep
   - kip [Brit], slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's 
2. Be able to accommodate for sleeping
   "This tent sleeps six people"

Derived forms: sleepings

See also: sleep in, sleep out, sleeper, unerect

Type of: accommodate, activity, admit, bodily function, bodily process, body process, ease, hold, relaxation, repose, rest, sleep, slumber

Antonym: wake, waking

Encyclopedia: Sleep, Doctor, Sleep Sleep Sleep, rem Sleep, My Love

• Brunfelsia americana
• Brunhild
• Brunn
• Brunnhilde
• Bruno
• Bruno of Toul
• Bruno Walter
• Brunswick
• Brunswick stew
• brunt
• Brusa
• bruschetta
• brush
• brush aside
• brush cut
• brush discharge
• brush down
• brush fire
• brush kangaroo
• brush on
• brush turkey
• brush wolf
• brush-footed butterfly
• brush-off
• brush-tail porcupine