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forty winks
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short sleep |
| Synonyms: | blanket drill, catnap, crash, nap, power nap, rack time, sack time, siesta, snooze, some Zs, spot of sleep, wink, wink of sleep, zizz |
| Main Entry: | nap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short, light sleep |
| Synonyms: | break, catnap, doze, few z's, forty winks, interlude, intermission, microsleep, nod, pause, respite, rest, shuteye, siesta, snooze, spot |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactivity |
| Synonyms: | break, breather, breathing space, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime, doze, dreaminess, ease, forty winks, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup, lull, motionlessness, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, siesta, silence, sleep, slumber, somnolence, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, tranquillity, vacation |
| Antonyms: | action, activity, energy |
| Main Entry: | sleep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suspension of consciousness |
| Synonyms: | bedtime, catnap, coma, dormancy, doze, dream, dullness, few z's, forty winks, hibernation, lethargy, nap, nod, repose, rest, sack time, sandman, shuteye, siesta, slumber, slumberland, snooze, torpidity, torpor, trance |
| Antonyms: | awakening, consciousness, wakefulness |
| Main Entry: | slumber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleep |
| Synonyms: | coma, dormancy, doze, drowse, forty winks, inactivity, languor, lethargy, nap, repose, rest, sack time, shut-eye, snooze, stupor, torpor |
| Notes: | to sloom is to sleep heavily and soundly; to slumber is to sleep lightly |
| Antonyms: | awakening, consciousness, wakefulness |
| Main Entry: | snooze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light sleep |
| Synonyms: | catnap, doze, forty winks, nap, siesta, slumber |
| Antonyms: | awakening, consciousness, wakefulness |
| Main Entry: | beauty sleep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep restful sleep |
| Synonyms: | extra sleep, forty winks, full night's sleep, nap, rest, siesta, sleep before midnight, snooze |
| Main Entry: | catnap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nap |
| Synonyms: | doze, forty winks, siesta, sleep, snooze |
| Main Entry: | shuteye |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleep |
| Synonyms: | bedtime, catnap, coma, dormancy, doze, dream, dullness, few z's, forty winks, hibernation, land of Nod, lethargy, nap, nod, repose, rest, sack time, sandman, siesta, slumber, slumberland, snooze, the arms of Morpheus, torpidity, torpor, trance |
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