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Sleep

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

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Broader term 6

Accommodate 76% connected

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Admit 76% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Death 76% connected

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Rest 76% connected

To arrest.

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Manner of action 6

Aestivate 76% connected

To spend the summer.

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Bundle 76% connected

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; a…

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Estivate 76% connected

Alt. of Estivation

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Hibernate 76% connected

To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nap 76% connected

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Oversleep 76% connected

To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.

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Kip 76% connected

The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.

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Sleeping 76% connected

of Sleep

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Derivationally related 6

Nap 74% connected

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nap 74% connected

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sleeper 74% connected

One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sleeper 74% connected

One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

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Sleepy 74% connected

Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sleepy 74% connected

Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.

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Synonym 6

Kip 92% connected

The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nap 92% connected

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quietus 92% connected

Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rest 92% connected

To arrest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slumber 92% connected

To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sopor 92% connected

Profound sleep from which a person can be roused only with difficulty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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