to sleep
Definition of to sleep
: until one/someone falls asleep The baby cried himself to sleep. I rocked the baby to sleep.
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sleepplay
: the natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored — compare REM sleep, slow-wave sleep
: a state resembling sleep: such as
: a state of torpid inactivity
: to rest in a state of sleep
: to be in a state (as of quiescence or death) resembling sleep
: to be slumbering in
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