[sleep] n [ME slepe, fr. OE slaep; akin to OHG slaf sleep and perh. to L labi to slip, slide] (bef. 12c) 1: the natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored
2: a state resembling sleep: as a: a state of torpid inactivity b: death "put a pet cat to ~"; also: trance, coma c: the closing of leaves or petals esp. at night d: a state marked by a diminution of feeling followed by tingling "my foot's gone to ~" e: the state of an animal during hibernation "the groundhog's winter ~" 3 a: a period spent sleeping b: night c: a day's journey -- sleep.like adj
[2]sleep vb slept ; sleep.ing vi (bef. 12c) 1: to rest in a state of sleep
2: to be in a state (as of quiescence or death) resembling sleep
3: to have sexual relations--usu. used with with ~ vt 1: to be slumbering in "slept the sleep of the dead"
2: to get rid of or spend in or by sleep "~ away the hours" "~ off a drunk"
3: to provide sleeping accommodations for "the boat ~s six"