Meaning

• To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

  "You should sleep 8 hours a day."

• (of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

• To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

• To accommodate in beds.

  "This caravan can sleep four people comfortably."

• To be slumbering in (a state).

  "to sleep a dreamless sleep"

• To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; 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.

  "a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps"

• To wait for a period of time without performing any action.

  "After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again."

• To place into a state of hibernation.