Asleep vs. Sleep

Asleepadjective

In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.

Asleepadjective

(slang) Inattentive.

Asleepadjective

(of a body part) Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness.

Asleepadjective

(euphemistic) dead

Asleepadjective

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.

Asleepadjective

In the sleep of the grave; dead.

Asleepadjective

Numbed, and, usually, tingling.

Asleepadjective

in a state of sleep;

Asleepadjective

lacking sensation;

Asleepadjective

dead;

Asleepadverb

into a sleeping state;

Asleepadverb

in the sleep of death

Sleepverb

(intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

Sleepverb

To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

Sleepverb

(transitive) To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

Sleepverb

(transitive) To accommodate in beds.

Sleepverb

(transitive) To be slumbering in (a state).

Sleepverb

(intransitive) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.

Sleepverb

(intransitive) To be dead; to lie in the grave.

Sleepverb

(intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.

Sleepverb

To wait for a period of time without performing any action.

Sleepnoun

(uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.

Sleepnoun

An act or instance of sleeping.

Sleepnoun

A night.

Sleepnoun

(uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).

Sleepnoun

A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.

Sleepnoun

The hibernation of animals.

Sleep

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

Sleepverb

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.

Sleepverb

To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.

Sleepverb

To be dead; to lie in the grave.

Sleepverb

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.

Sleepverb

To be slumbering in; - followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.

Sleepverb

To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.

Sleepnoun

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.

Sleepnoun

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended;

Sleepnoun

a torpid state resembling sleep

Sleepnoun

a period of time spent sleeping;

Sleepnoun

euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb);

Sleepverb

be asleep

Sleepverb

be able to accommodate for sleeping;

Sleep

Sleep is a naturally recurring state of mind and body, characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, reduced muscle activity and inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and reduced interactions with surroundings. It is distinguished from wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimuli, but more reactive than a coma or disorders of consciousness, with sleep displaying different, active brain patterns.