• Noun: a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; examples: "he didn't get enough sleep last night", "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
• Noun: a torpid state resembling deep sleep
• Noun: a period of time spent sleeping; examples: "he felt better after a little sleep", "there wasn't time for a nap"
• Noun: euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); examples: "she was laid to rest beside her husband", "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
• Verb: be asleep
• Verb: be able to accommodate for sleeping; example: "This tent sleeps six people"
We didn't sleep last week - we literally didn't sleep - because we've been so busy with the book.
I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!
Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.
But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.