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| accommodate |
to provide with meals or a place to sleep. [1/3 definitions] |
| antisleep |
combined form of sleep. |
| arise |
to get up from sitting or sleep. [1/3 definitions] |
| arouse |
to awaken (someone) from sleep. [1/2 definitions] |
| asleep |
in a state of sleep. |
| awake |
to come out of sleep; wake up. [1/2 definitions] |
| awaken |
to wake from sleep. [1/2 definitions] |
| awakening |
the act of waking up from sleep. [1/3 definitions] |
| bunk1 |
(informal) to sleep. [1/2 definitions] |
| bunkhouse |
a building in which many workers can sleep, as on a large farm or ranch. |
| cabin cruiser |
a power-driven boat with a cabin so equipped that passengers can wash, cook, and sleep on board. |
| call |
to awaken (one) from sleep. [1/22 definitions] |
| camp1 |
an outdoor area where tents or rough shelters are set up to live in or sleep in for a time. [1/5 definitions] |
| catnap |
a brief, light sleep; doze. [2 definitions] |
| circadian |
denoting or concerning behavioral or physiological activities that recur at about twenty-four-hour intervals, such as sleep rhythms. |
| crash1 |
(slang) to sleep. [1/17 definitions] |
| crib |
a bed with high sides all around for a baby or young child to sleep in. |
| crib death |
sudden infant death syndrome, the unexpected death of a seemingly healthy infant, usu. occurring within the first year of life, and usu. occurring in the infant's sleep. |
| delta wave |
a low-frequency electric brain wave present during deep sleep in normal adults; delta rhythm. |
| deprogram |
to convince of the error of recently acquired beliefs, esp. those of a religious cult, by coercive means such as kidnapping, deprivation of sleep, and long interrogation and argumentation. |
| dormant |
asleep, or in a state of rest that is similar to sleep. [1/2 definitions] |
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