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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.
sleepover the activity, most often engaged in by young children, of staying the night at a friend's. The activity usually involves staying up late playing and talking as well as sleeping.
sleep tight to sleep well or soundly.
sleepwalking the act of walking around during sleep; somnambulism.
sleepwear clothes worn in bed; nightclothes.
sleepy needing or tending to sleep; drowsy. [2 definitions]
sleepyhead (informal) someone who is sleepy.
sleet freezing rain. [2 definitions]
sleeve the part of a shirt, dress, or the like that covers the arm partly or completely. [3 definitions]
sleeveless combined form of sleeve.
sleigh a light, horse-drawn, open carriage on runners that is used to carry people over snow and ice. [2 definitions]
sleight cleverness, as in deception; deftness.
sleight of hand skill with one's hands in confusing or deceiving onlookers, as in juggling or magic tricks; legerdemain.
slender of a person, attractively slim. [4 definitions]
slenderize to make, or cause to appear, slenderer. [2 definitions]
slept past tense and past participle of sleep.
sleuth a detective. [2 definitions]
sleuthhound a dog that detects tracks by smell; bloodhound.
slew1 past tense of slay.
slew2 variant of slue1.