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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 sleep a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn''t time for a nap" be asleep be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people" 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" |
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