sleep

To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

“You should sleep eight hours a day.”

To be slumbering in (a state).

“to sleep a dreamless sleep”

To achieve or make happen by manner of sleep.

“Sleep your way to good health.”

“He hoped to sleep his troubles away.”

idiomaticeuphemismTo have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).

“Last night we slept together for the first time.”

idiomaticTo earn by sexual favors.

“Oh, she didnt earn her promotion, she just slept her way to the top.”

To accommodate in beds.

“This caravan can sleep four people comfortably.”

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

To be dead; to lie in the grave.

To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.

“a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps”

computingTo wait for a period of time without performing any action.

“After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again.”

computingTo place into a state of hibernation.

mechanicsdynamicsTo spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

“When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not precessing.”

mechanicsdynamicsTo cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

Be asleepbody

The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.

“I really need some sleep.”

“We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem.”

informalAn act or instance of sleeping.

“I’m just going to have a quick sleep.”

informalmetonymicallyA night.

“There are only three sleeps till Christmas!”

Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).

“Wipe the sleep from your eyes.”

A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.

The hibernation of animals.

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”

A torpid state resembling deep sleep

A period of time spent sleepingtime

“he felt better after a little sleep”

“there wasn't time for a nap”

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”