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What is the verb for sleep?

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sleep
  1. (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
  2. (intransitive) (Of a spinning top or a yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
  3. (transitive) To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
  4. (transitive) To accommodate in beds.
  5. (transitive) To be slumbering in (a state).
  6. (intransitive) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
  7. (intransitive) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
  8. (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
  9. (computing) to wait for a period of time without performing any action
  10. Synonyms:
      11. slumber, doze, nap, rest, kip, repose, snooze, catnap, drowse, siesta, doss, oversleep, relax, flop, yawn, bunk, dream, nod, snore, zizz, retire, crash, hibernate, zzz, be asleep, bed down, conk out, doss down, be in the arms of morpheus, be in the land of nod, catch some zs, doze off, drift off, drop off, fall asleep, have a lie-down, rest in the arms of morpheus, fall out, nod off, sack out, saw wood, sleep lightly, turn in, zonk out, catch a wink, cop some z's, get some kip, get some zizz, have a kip, have a siesta … more
  11. Examples:
      12. “He will not sleep alone because he is afraid of the dark.”
      “The apartment can sleep up to six individuals.”
      “I have resolved not to sleep with anyone until I have achieved my personal goals.”
sleeptalk
  1. To talk unconsciously in one's sleep.
sleeper
  1. (rare) To mark a calf by cutting its ear.
sleeptalking
  1. present participle of sleeptalk
sleepwrite
  1. (rare) To write in one's sleep.
sleeping
  1. present participle of sleep
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slumbering, dozing, napping, resting, kipping, reposing, snoozing, catnapping, drowsing, siestaing, dossing, oversleeping, relaxing, flopping, yawning, bunking, dreaming, nodding, snoring, zizzing, retiring, crashing, hibernating, zzzing, bedding down, conking out, dossing down, catching some zs, dozing off, drifting off, dropping off, falling asleep, having a lie-down, falling out, nodding off, sacking out, sawing wood, sleeping lightly, turning in, zonking out, catching a wink, copping some z's, getting some kip, getting some zizz, having a kip, having a siesta, having a snooze, having a zizz, hitting the hay, catching forty winks … more
sleepe
  1. Obsolete spelling of sleep
sleepwrites
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleepwrite
sleeptalks
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleeptalk
sleepes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleepe
sleeps
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleep
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slumbers, dozes, naps, rests, kips, reposes, snoozes, catnaps, drowses, siestas, dosses, oversleeps, relaxes, flops, yawns, bunks, dreams, nods, snores, zizzes, retires, crashes, hibernates, zzzs, beds down, conks out, dosses down, catches some zs, dozes off, drifts off, drops off, falls asleep, has a lie-down, falls out, nods off, sacks out, saws wood, sleeps lightly, turns in, zonks out, catches a wink, cops some z's, gets some kip, gets some zizz, has a kip, has a siesta, has a snooze, has a zizz, hits the hay, catches forty winks … more
sleepeth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleep
sleeptalked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sleeptalk
sleepest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of sleep
  2. Examples:
      3. “I lie awake while thou sleepest, I weep while thou singest, I am faint with fasting while thou art sluggish and torpid from pure repletion.”
sleptest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of sleep
slept
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sleep
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slumbered, dozed, napped, rested, kipped, reposed, snoozed, catnapped, drowsed, siestaed, dossed, overslept, relaxed, flopped, yawned, bunked, dreamed, dreamt, nodded, snored, zizzed, retired, crashed, hibernated, zzzed, bedded down, conked out, dossed down, caught some zs, dozed off, drifted off, dropped off, fell asleep, fallen asleep, had a lie-down, fell out, fallen out, nodded off, sacked out, sawed wood, slept lightly, turned in, zonked out, caught a wink, copped some z's, got some kip, got some zizz, had a kip, had a siesta, had a snooze … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The carpets absorbed the sound of his feet landing on the floor, but Lombard stood still all the same to make certain that the Ifrit still slept.”
      “That night we slept like logs, warm as toast in our luxury tent in a campsite we'd found on the bank of the river Vedder.”
      “It seems like yesterday that he was the wakeful baby who nursed incessantly and rarely slept through the night.”
sleeped
  1. (nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of sleep
sleepwriting
  1. present participle of sleepwrite
sleepwrote
  1. simple past tense of sleepwrite
sleepwritten
  1. past participle of sleepwrite
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