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) |
Late Latin Biblical Latin | the form of Latin written between the rd and th centuries |
Late Greek | the Greek language in the rd to th centuries |
late purple aster | a variety of aster |
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 |
late blight | blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans |
sleep disorder | a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern |
sleep apnea | apnea that occurs during sleep |
late-night hour | the latter part of night |
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 |
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 |
late(a) | having died recently, her late husband |
late | being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time, late evening, late th century, a late movie, took a late flight, had a late breakfast |
late later(a) | at or toward an end or late period or stage of development, the late phase of feudalism, a later symptom of the disease, later medical science could have saved the child |
late | of a later stage in the development of a language or literature, used especially of dead languages, Late Greek |
spring-flowering early-flowering spring-blooming early-blooming late-spring-blooming | of plants that bloom during the spring |
autumn-flowering autumn-blooming fall-flowering fall-blooming late-flowering late-blooming | of plants that bloom during the autumn |
late-ripening | of plants that ripen in the fall |
former(a) late(a) previous(a) | (used especially of persons) of the immediate past, the former president, our late President is still very active, the previous occupant of the White House |
late(a) recent | of the immediate past or just previous to the present time, a late development, their late quarrel, his recent trip to Africa, in recent months, a recent issue of the journal |
belated late tardy | after the expected or usual time, delayed, a belated birthday card, I'm late for the plane, the train is late, tardy children are sent to the principal, always tardy in making dental appointments |
late belatedly tardily | later than usual or than expected, the train arrived late, we awoke late, the children came late to school, notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline, I belatedly wished her a happy birthday |
recently late lately of late latterly | in the recent past, he was in Paris recently, lately the rules have been enforced, as late as yesterday she was fine, feeling better of late, the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also |
deep late | to an advanced time, deep into the night, talked late into the evening |
late | at an advanced age or stage, she married late, undertook the project late in her career |