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1. The state of being asleep
    
2. Quiet and inactive restfulness
   - quiescence, quiescency, dormancy
    
3. The suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

1. (heraldry) lying with head on paws as if sleeping
   - dormant

1. Be asleep
   - kip [Brit], slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's
    
2. Be able to accommodate for sleeping
   "This tent sleeps six people"

Derived forms: sleepings

See also: sleep in, sleep out, unerect

Type of: accommodate, activity, admit, bodily function, bodily process, body process, ease, hold, relaxation, repose, rest, sleep, slumber

Antonym: wake, waking

Encyclopedia: Sleeping