the condition of the body and mind at rest in which the eyes are closed and the muscles, nervous system etc are relaxed
suspension of consciousness
Cases of word usage
1) (a kind of) drug used to calm a person's nerves and to cause sleep (barbiturate)
2) bedclothes, straw etc for animals to sleep on (bedding)
3) in an unnatural deep sleep because of injury or illness (coma)
4) to make a (cheap) temporary bed and go to sleep (doss)
5) a short, light sleep (doze)
6) something which one seems to see or experience during sleep (dream)
7) (of some animals) to pass the whole of the winter in a state like sleep (hibernate)
8) (an artificially produced) state like deep sleep in which a person's acts may be controlled by another person (hypnosis)
9) the condition of being unable to sleep (insomnia)
10) to sleep (kip)