Look up: sleep

1. Sleep
   [operating system] A computer program (process, task, or thread) may sleep, which places it into an inactive state for a period of time. Eventually the expiration of an interval timer, or the receipt of a signal or interrupt causes the program to resume execution. == Usage == A typical sleep...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(oper
   
   
2. Sleep
   [Marion song] "Sleep" was the 2nd single released by Marion in February 1995. It was re-recorded for their first album, This World and Body, and this version was also released as single in March 1996. The initial single release charted at number 53 in the UK Singles Chart in 1995. The re-rec...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(Mari
   
   
3. Sleep
   [album] U.S. 50 cent note. Image uploaded 10/15/2006 from http://www.moneyfactory.gov/uploads/50cf-big.jpg ...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(albu
   
   
4. Sleep
   [film] Sleep (1963) is a film by Andy Warhol which consists of long take footage of John Giorno, his close friend at the time, sleeping for five hours and 20 minutes. The film was one of Warhol`s first experiments with filmmaking, and was created as an "anti-film". Warhol would later extend ...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(film
   
   
5. sleep
   [n] - a period of time spent sleeping 2. [n] - a torpid state resembling sleep 3. [n] - a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended 4. [v] - be able to accommodate for sleeping 5. [v] - be asleep
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
6. Sleep
   Our Sleep Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Sleep Sleep: The body's rest cycle. Sleep is triggered by a complex group of hormones that are active in the main, and that respond to cues from the body itself and the environment. About 80 percent of sleep is dr...
   Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.
   
   
7. sleep
   the physiological process by which bodily functions are periodically rested Category: Medicine
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
8. Sleep
   Sleep obsolete imperfect of Sleep. Slept. Chaucer.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/119
   
   
9. Sleep
   Sleep intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Slept ; present participle & verbal noun Sleeping .] [ Middle English slepen , Anglo-Saxon sl...pan ; akin to OFries.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/119
   
   
10. Sleep
    Sleep transitive verb 1. To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep. Tennyson. 2. To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge. [ R.] Blackw. Mag....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/119
    
    
11. Sleep
    Sleep noun [ Anglo-Saxon slǣp ; akin to OFries. slēp , Old Saxon slāp , Dutch slaap , Old High German slāf , German schlaf , Goth. slēps . See Sleep ,
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/119
    
    
12. sleep
    A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
    
    
13. sleep
    nap noun a period of time spent sleeping; `he felt better after a little sleep`; `there wasn`t time for a nap`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
14. sleep
    noun 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`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
15. sleep
    noun a torpid state resembling deep sleep
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
16. sleep
    (slēp) a period of rest for the body and mind, during which volition and consciousness are in partial or complete suspension and bodily functions are in partial suspension. It is sometimes described in behavioral terms as a state marked by a characteristic immobile posture and lessened but easily reversible sensitivity t...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
17. Sleep
    • (v. i.) A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of m...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
18. sleep
    a normal, easily reversible, recurrent, and spontaneous state of decreased and less-efficient responsiveness to external stimulation. The state ... [14 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/108
    
    
19. Sleep
    Sleep Greek: Hypnos (god) Latin: Somnus (god)
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf
    
    
20. Sleep
    [Texas song] "Sleep" was the third single from Texas` most recent album Red Book. It was released in 9 January 2006 in 3 different formats: two audio CD singles and a DVD single. It peaked at #6 in the UK Singles Chart. "Sleep" features Paul Buchanan from the band The Blue Nile and "Take You...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(Texa
    
    
21. Sleep
    [disambiguation] Human sleep and animal sleep are a form of rest. Sleep can also refer to: == In computer systems == == In music == == People == == See also == ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(disa
    
    
22. Sleep
    [Unix] sleep is a Unix command line program that suspends program execution for a specified period of time. The sleep instruction suspends the calling process for at least the specified number of seconds (the default), minutes, hours or days. Where number is a required floating point number,...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(Unix
    
    
23. sleep
    1. (operating system, multitasking) (Or 'block') When a process on a multitasking system asks the scheduler to deactivate it until some given external event (e.g. an interrupt or a specified time delay) occurs. The alternative is to poll or 'busy wait' for the event but this uses processing power. A...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/sleep
    
    
24. Sleep
    [band] Sleep is a stoner doom metal band from San Jose, California. Active during the 1990s, Sleep earned critical and record label attention early in their career. Critic Eduardo Rivadavia describes them as "perhaps the ultimate stoner rock band" and notes they exerted a strong influence on...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(band
    
    
25. Sleep
    Sleep is a naturally recurring state characterized by reduced or absent consciousness, relatively suspended sensory activity, and inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles. It is distinguished from quiet wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimuli, and is more easily reversible than bei...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep