imp. of sleep. slept.
2. sleep ·vi to be dead; to lie in the grave.
3. sleep ·vt to be slumbering in;
followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
4. sleep ·vi to be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
5. sleep ·vt to give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.
6. sleep ·vi to take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.
7. sleep ·vi to be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps.
8. sleep ·vi 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, followed by a more or less unconscious state.