sleep talking
somniloquy
somniloquism | uttering speech while asleep |
| sleep deprivation | a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep |
nap
catnap
cat sleep
forty winks
short sleep
snooze | sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) |
sleep-learning
hypnopedia | teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep) |
lunch
luncheon
tiffin
dejeuner | a midday meal |
| business lunch | lunch (usually at a restaurant) where business is discussed and the cost is charged as a business expense |
| ploughman's lunch | a meal consisting of a sandwich of bread and cheese and a salad |
lunch meat
luncheon meat | any of various sausages or molded loaf meats sliced and served cold |
luncheon meeting
lunch meeting | a meeting for lunch, usually to conduct business while eating |
| free lunch | something acquired without effort or payment or obligation, there is no free lunch in politics or Hollywood |
rest eternal rest
sleep eternal sleep
quietus | euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb), she was laid to rest beside her husband, they had to put their family pet to sleep |
sleep
slumber | a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended, he didn't get enough sleep last night, calm as a child in dreamless slumber |
sleep terror disorder
pavor nocturnus | a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare, they occur during NREM sleep |
orthodox sleep
nonrapid eye movement sleep
NREM sleep
nonrapid eye movement
NREM | a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur, accounts for about % of normal sleep time |
paradoxical sleep
rapid eye movement sleep
REM sleep
rapid eye movement
REM | a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs, a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep |
| sleep sopor | a torpid state resembling deep sleep |
| twilight sleep | a state of general anesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousness, can be induced by injection of scopolamine or morphine |
| sleep disorder | a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern |
| sleep apnea | apnea that occurs during sleep |
noon
twelve noon
high noon
midday
noonday
noontide | the middle of the day |
lunchtime
lunch period | the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch, he observed a regular lunchtime |
sleep
nap | a period of time spent sleeping, he felt better after a little sleep, there wasn't time for a nap |
| beauty sleep | sleep before midnight |
sleep
kip
slumber
log Z's
catch some Z's | be asleep |
sleep late
sleep in | sleep later than usual or customary, On Sundays, I sleep in |
a go to bed
turn in
bed
crawl in
kip down
hit the hay
hit the sack
sack out
go to sleep retire | prepare for sleep, I usually turn in at midnight, He goes to bed at the crack of dawn |
| cause to sleep | make fall asleep, The soft music caused us to fall asleep |
live in
sleep in | live in the house where one works, our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her |
live out
sleep out | work in a house where one does not live, our cook lives out, he can easily commute from his home |
| lunch | take the midday meal, At what time are you lunching? |
| lunch | provide a midday meal for, She lunched us well |
put away
put to sleep | kill gently, as with an injection, the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep |
sleep together
roll in the hay
love
make out
make love
sleep with
get laid
have sex
know
do it
be intimate
have intercourse
have it away
have it off
screw fuck
jazz
eff
hump
lie with
bed
have a go at it
bang get it on
bonk ff,uff | have sexual intercourse with, This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm, Adam knew Eve, Were you ever intimate with this man? |
| put to sleep | help someone go to bed, Mother put the baby to sleep |
bed-hop
bedhop
sleep around | be sexually active with more than one partner, His wife bed hops |
| sleep off | get rid of by sleeping, sleep off a hangover |
sleep over
stay over | stay overnight, The boy's friends were allowed to sleep over after the birthday party |
| sleep | be able to accommodate for sleeping, This tent sleeps six people |