n.
1.a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
2.a torpid state resembling sleep
3.a period of time spent sleeping
4.euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) sleep v.
1.be asleep
2.be able to accommodate for sleeping
Idiom of the Day
on the wrong tack
following the wrong course of action
The leader of the meeting went on the wrong tack and caused much confusion.