nnoun.statea natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspendedSynset:sleep
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 dormant or quiescent stateDerivationally Related Form:slumberousslumbrous
Hypernyms:dormancy quiescence quiescency
Inherited Hypernyms:slumberdormancyinactionstateattributeabstractionentity
vverb.bodybe asleepSynset:catch some Z's kip log Z's sleep
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)