Look up: sleep

1. 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
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2. 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...
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3. sleep
   the physiological process by which bodily functions are periodically rested Category: Medicine
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4. Sleep
   Sleep obsolete imperfect of Sleep. Slept. Chaucer.
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5. Sleep
   Sleep intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Slept ; present participle & verbal noun Sleeping .] [ Middle English slepen , Anglo-Saxon sl...pan ; akin to OFries.
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6. 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....
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7. 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 ,
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8. 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, ...
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9. sleep
   nap noun a period of time spent sleeping; `he felt better after a little sleep`; `there wasn`t time for a nap`
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10. 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`
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11. sleep
    noun a torpid state resembling deep sleep
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12. 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...
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13. 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...
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14. sleep
    a normal, easily reversible, recurrent, and spontaneous state of decreased and less-efficient responsiveness to external stimulation. The state ... [14 related articles]
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15. Sleep
    Sleep Greek: Hypnos (god) Latin: Somnus (god)
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16. 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...
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17. sleep
    sleep, resting state in which an individual becomes relatively quiescent and relatively unaware of the environment. During sleep, which is in part a period of rest and relaxation, most physiological functions such as body temperature, blood pressure, and rate of breathing and heartbeat decrease. How...
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18. Sleep
    Sleep is slang for a short prison term.
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19. Sleep
    Sleep is slang for a short prison term.
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20. sleep
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. hypnophobia.
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21. sleep
    Type: Term Pronunciation: slēp Definitions: 1. A physiologic state of relative unconsciousness and inaction of the voluntary muscles, the need for which recurs periodically. The stages of sleep have been variously defined in terms of depth (light, deep), EEG characteristics (delta waves, synchr...
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22. sleep
    State of natural unconsciousness that occurs at regular intervals in most mammals and birds, though there is considerable variation in the amount of time spent sleeping. Sleep differs from hibernation in that it occurs daily rather than seasonally, and involves less drastic reductions in metabolism....
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23. Sleep
    The body's rest cycle.
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24. Sleep
    The body's rest cycle.
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25. 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" allmusic ((( Sleep > Biography ))...
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