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Multi-word Results
| REM sleep |
a recurrent phase of sleep, characterized by rapid side-to-side eye movement, dreaming, and inhibition of muscle movement. |
| sleep mode |
a power-saving mode of operation to which a computer or other machine reverts when idle, in which power to the display and to other nonessential parts of operation is deactivated. |
| sleep over |
to stay through the night at the home of a friend or relative. |
| sleep tight |
to sleep well or soundly. |
| sleep-away |
of or pertaining to a place, especially a recreational camp for children, where one stays overnight, usually for several days. |
| sleeping bag |
a large, usu. zippered bag that is warmly lined, in which a person can sleep outdoors. |
| sleeping car |
a railroad car that is equipped with sleeping accommodations. |
| sleeping pill |
a pill or tablet containing a drug that induces sleep. |
| sleeping sickness |
a usu. fatal infectious disease found in tropical Africa, characterized by fever, weakness, and tremors, and transmitted by tsetse flies. [2 definitions] |
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