| narcotic |
a drug that causes a person to become sleepy or unconscious and that may be used as a medicine to dull pain or cause sleep. Narcotics can be dangerous when not used as a medicine and can become hard to give up. |
| nod |
to drop the head in sleep for a short time. [1/4 definitions] |
| nursery |
a room where babies or young children sleep or play. [1/3 definitions] |
| oversleep |
to sleep beyond the time one meant to get up. |
| rest1 |
a state of relaxation or sleep that heals or refreshes the body. [1/12 definitions] |
| roost |
a perch on which birds rest or sleep, or a place containing such perches. [1/2 definitions] |
| rouse |
to waken from sleep or a state similar to sleep. [1/3 definitions] |
| sleeping bag |
a large bag with a warm lining and a zipper used to sleep in outdoors. |
| sleep tight |
to sleep well or soundly. |
| sleepy |
in need of or starting to sleep. [1/2 definitions] |
| slept |
the past tense and past participle of "sleep." |
| slumber |
to sleep lightly. [2/3 definitions] |
| snooze |
(informal) to sleep for a short period of time; nap. [2 definitions] |
| tavern |
a place that provides rooms for people to sleep for the night; inn. [1/2 definitions] |
| tired |
needing sleep or rest. [1/2 definitions] |
| wake1 |
to come out of sleep (often followed by "up"). [1/3 definitions] |
| woodchuck |
a rodent with a thick body and shaggy brown fur. Woodchucks live in burrows and sleep all winter. They are also called groundhogs. Woodchucks are common in Canada and the northeastern United States |