Index of English words, starting with "sl"

(1) - Sleep (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.
(2) - Sleep (v. t.) To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.
(3) - Sleep (v. t.) To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
(4) - Sleep (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.
(5) - Sleep (v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
(6) - Sleep (v. i.) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
(7) - Sleep (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.
(8) - Sleep () imp. of Sleep. Slept.

(1) - Sleeper (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
(2) - Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
(3) - Sleeper (n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.
(4) - Sleeper (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.
(5) - Sleeper (n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
(6) - Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
(7) - Sleeper (n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
(8) - Sleeper (n.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear.
(9) - Sleeper (n.) A sleeping car.
(10) - Sleeper (n.) That which lies dormant, as a law.
(11) - Sleeper (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

(1) - Sleepily (adv.) In a sleepy manner; drowsily.

(1) - Sleepiness (n.) The quality or state of being sleepy.