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- (verb): To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
- (verb): (of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- (verb): To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- (verb): To accommodate in beds.
- (verb): To be slumbering in (a state).
- (verb): To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
- (verb): To be dead; to lie in the grave.
- (verb): To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
- (verb): To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
- (verb): To place into a state of hibernation.
- You should sleep 8 hours a day.
- This caravan can sleep four people comfortably.
- to sleep a dreamless sleep
- a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps
- After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again.