Main entry: sleep, quietus, rest, eternal rest, eternal sleep
Definition: euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Usage: she was laid to rest beside her husband; they had to put their family pet to sleep
Definition: a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
Usage: he didn't get enough sleep last night; calm as a child in dreamless slumber
Definition: a torpid state resembling deep sleep
Definition: a period of time spent sleeping
Usage: he felt better after a little sleep; there wasn't time for a nap
Main entry: catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, sleep, slumber
Definition: be asleep
Main entry: sleep
Definition: be able to accommodate for sleeping
Usage: This tent sleeps six people