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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend consciousness |
| Synonyms: | bed down, bunk, catch a wink, catch forty winks, catnap, conk out, cop some z's, crash*, doze, dream, drop off, drowse, fall asleep, fall out, flop, hibernate, hit the hay, hit the sack, languish, nap, nod, nod off, oversleep, relax, repose, rest, retire, sack out, saw wood, slumber, snooze, snore, take a nap, turn in, yawn, zonk out, zzz |
| Antonyms: | wake, waken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hibernate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie dormant; sleep through cold weather |
| Synonyms: | hide, hole up, immure, lie torpid, sleep, vegetate, winter |
| 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: | verb |
| Definition: | take a short, light sleep |
| Synonyms: | catch forty winks, catnap, doze, drop off, drowse, get some shut-eye, grab some z's, nod, nod off, rack, relax, rest, sleep, snooze, take a siesta, take a snooze |
| Main Entry: | nod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall asleep |
| Synonyms: | be sleepy, become inattentive, doze, drift, drift off, droop, drowse, nap, sleep, slump |
| Main Entry: | repose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relax; recline |
| Synonyms: | deposit, lay down, lie, lie down, loaf, loll, lounge, place, rest, settle, settle down, slant, sleep, slumber, stretch, stretch out, take it easy, tilt |
| Antonyms: | be active, be busy, energize |
| Main Entry: | snore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sounds when sleeping |
| Synonyms: | breathe heavily, saw logs, saw wood, sleep, snort, snuffle, wheeze |
| Main Entry: | yawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | open mouth wide, usually sign of |
| Synonyms: | divide, doze, drowse, expand, fatigue catch flies, gap, gape, give, nap, part, sleep, snooze, spread, yaw, yawp |
| Main Entry: | siesta |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nap |
| Synonyms: | catch, catch forty winks, catnap, doze, drop off, drowse, get some shut-eye, grab some z's, nod off, nod, rack, relax, rest, sleep, snooze, take a siesta, take a snooze |
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