nnoun.statea natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspendedSynset:slumber
Examples:- he didn't get enough sleep last night
- calm as a child in dreamless slumber
Derivationally Related Form:sleepyslumbersleepslumbery
Hypernyms:physical condition physiological condition physiological state
Inherited Hypernyms:sleepphysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:NREMNREM sleepREMREM sleepnonrapid eye movementnonrapid eye movement sleeporthodox sleepparadoxical sleeprapid eye movementrapid eye movement sleepshut-eyeshuteyesleeping
Full Hyponyms:orthodox sleepparadoxical sleepshuteyesleeping
nnoun.statea torpid state resembling deep sleepSynset:sopor
Hypernyms:physical condition physiological condition physiological state
Inherited Hypernyms:sleepphysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.timea period of time spent sleepingSynset:nap
Examples:- he felt better after a little sleep
- there wasn't time for a nap
Derivationally Related Form:napsleep
Hypernyms:period period of time time period
Inherited Hypernyms:sleeptime periodfundamental quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:beauty sleepkip
Full Hyponyms:beauty sleepkip
nnoun.stateeuphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)Synset:eternal rest eternal sleep quietus rest
Examples:- she was laid to rest beside her husband
- they had to put their family pet to sleep
Hypernyms:death
Inherited Hypernyms:restdeathstateattributeabstractionentity
vverb.bodybe asleepSynset:catch some Z's kip log Z's slumber
Antonyms:wake
Derivationally Related Form:slumbersleepersleepkipslumberersleeping
Hypernyms:rest
Inherited Hypernyms:sleeprestrecumblie
Direct Hyponyms:aestivatebundlecatch a winkcatnapestivatehibernatehole upnappractice bundlingsleep insleep late
Full Troponyms:bundleestivatehibernatenapsleep latesnooze
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: slumber, sleep, log Z's)
vverb.stativebe able to accommodate for sleepingExamples:- This tent sleeps six people
Derivationally Related Form:sleepersleep
Hypernyms:accommodate admit hold
Inherited Hypernyms:sleepaccommodate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody