1.a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended;
he didn't get enough sleep last night
2.a torpid state resembling sleep
3.a period of time spent sleeping;
he felt better after a little sleep
4.euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb);
she was laid to rest beside her husband
1.be asleep
2.be able to accommodate for sleeping;
This tent sleeps six people