Sinhala Dictionary definitions for sleep
sleep 🔊 /sliˈp/
sleep : නින්ද
sleep : නිඳාගන්නවා
sleep : සයනය
sleep : කුදගහනවා
sleep : බුදියනවා
sleep : උදාසීනව සිටිනවා
sleep : සැතපෙනවා
sleep : ට නවාතැන් ගන්නවා
sleep : ශය්යාව
sleep : නිදා ගන්නවා
sleep : නිඳනවා
sleep : නිදනවා
sleep : සනවා
sleep : සෙය්යාව
sleep : හිරි වැටෙනවා
sleep : හොවනවා
sleep : දොයියනවා
sleep : හෝනවා
sleep : නිදියනවා
sleep definition
Imperative. of Sleep. Slept.
Intransitive verb.
- 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.
- To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
- To be dead; to lie in the grave.
- 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.
- 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.
Transitive verb.
- To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
- To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.