To rest in a state of reduced consciousness

• My wife has trouble sleeping.

  Tatoeba · DJ_Saidez · CC BY 2.0 FR

• You can sleep here tonight.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with)rare

To accommodate in bedsrare

To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlesslyrare

To be deadrare

To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormantrare

To wait for a period of time without performing any actionrare

To place into a state of hibernationrare

To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motionrare

To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motionrare

The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm

• Haven't you had enough sleep?

  Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Tom went back to sleep.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

An act or instance of sleeping

A night

Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness)