Clues for the word "SLEEP"

We've had 224 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 518 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on August 30, 2026.

Definition of sleep

- imp. of Sleep. Slept.
v. i. - To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.
v. i. - To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
v. i. - To be dead; to lie in the grave.
v. i. - To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps.
v. t. - To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
v. t. - To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.
v. i. - A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state.