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sleep

/slip/ · 5 letters · 4 distinct letters

  1. verb

    be asleep

  2. noun

    a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

    he didn't get enough sleep last night

  3. noun

    a torpid state resembling deep sleep

  4. noun

    a period of time spent sleeping

    he felt better after a little sleep

  5. noun

    euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

    she was laid to rest beside her husband

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