Definitions
1.verbTo rest in a state of reduced consciousness."You should sleep 8 hours a day."
2.verb(of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
3.verbTo cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
4.verbTo accommodate in beds."This caravan can sleep four people comfortably."
5.verbTo be slumbering in (a state)."to sleep a dreamless sleep"
6.verbTo be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
7.verbTo be dead; to lie in the grave.
8.verbTo be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant."a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps"
9.verbTo wait for a period of time without performing any action."After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again."
10.verbTo place into a state of hibernation.
11.nounThe state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm."I really need some sleep."
12.nounAn act or instance of sleeping."I’m just going to have a quick sleep."
13.noun(metonymically) A night."There are only three sleeps till Christmas!"
14.nounRheum, 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)."Wipe the sleep from your eyes."
15.nounA state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
16.nounThe hibernation of animals.