sleep
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
he didn't get enough sleep last night
Types & categories
- physical condition hypernym
- sleeping hyponym
- orthodox sleep hyponym
- REM hyponym
- shuteye hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
be asleep
Types & categories
- rest hypernym
- practice bundling hyponym
- nap hyponym
- sleep late hyponym
- hibernate hyponym
- estivate hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a torpid state resembling deep sleep
Types & categories
- physical condition hypernym
Sense 4 verb
be able to accommodate for sleeping
This tent sleeps six people
Types & categories
- accommodate hypernym
Related & opposite
- sleeper derivation
- sleeping car derivation
- nap derivation
Sense 5 noun
a period of time spent sleeping
he felt better after a little sleep
Types & categories
- period hypernym
- beauty sleep hyponym
- kip hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
she was laid to rest beside her husband
Types & categories
- death hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kip |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sleepy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slumbery |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical condition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sleeping |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | orthodox sleep |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | REM |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shuteye |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | sleep late |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | live in |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | sleep out |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | wake |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sleeping |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sleeper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sleep |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | kip |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | practice bundling |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sleep late |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hibernate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | estivate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical condition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sleeper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sleeping car |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nap |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | accommodate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | kip |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | nap |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sleep |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | beauty sleep |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | kip |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | death |