sleep

fe’l verb

1. To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. You should sleep 8 hours a day.
2. To accommodate in beds. This caravan can sleep four people comfortably.
3. To be slumbering in (a state). to sleep a dreamless sleep
4. To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant. a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps

ot noun

1. The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm. I really need some sleep.
2. An act or instance of sleeping. I’m just going to have a quick sleep.
3. (metonymically) A night. There are only three sleeps till Christmas!
4. Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness). Wipe the sleep from your eyes.