sleeps

Meanings

Noun

• a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
• a torpid state resembling deep sleep
• a period of time spent sleeping
• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
• plural of sleep

Verb

• be asleep
• be able to accommodate for sleeping
  • "This tent sleeps six people"
• third-person singular simple present indicative of sleep

Synonyms

catch some Z's, eternal rest, eternal sleep, kip, log Z's, nap, quietus, rest, sleep, slumber, sopor

Antonyms

wake