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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nap |
| Synonyms: | break*, catnap, doze, few z's, forty winks, interlude, intermission, microsleep, nod, pause, respite, rest, shuteye, snooze, spot* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | afternoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period after 12 noon and before sunset |
| Synonyms: | P.M., cocktail hour, post meridian, siesta, teatime |
| Main Entry: | doze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light sleep |
| Synonyms: | catnap, drowse, forty winks, nap, shut-eye, siesta, slumber, snooze |
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be prostrate, flat |
| Synonyms: | be prone, be recumbent, be supine, couch, go to bed, laze, lie down, loll, lounge, nap, recline, repose, rest, retire, siesta, sleep, sprawl, stretch out, turn in |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | be upright, stand, straighten |
| 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: | snooze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light sleep |
| Synonyms: | catnap, doze, forty winks, nap, siesta, slumber |
| Antonyms: | awakening, consciousness, wakefulness |
| Main Entry: | snooze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sleep lightly |
| Synonyms: | catnap, doze, drop off, drowse, nap, nod off, siesta, slumber, take forty winks |
| Antonyms: | awaken, wake up |
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