kwaɪˈiːtəs ɹɛst slʌmbə ˈslʌmbɚ slʌmbə ˈslʌmbɚ be asleep be able to accommodate for sleeping This tent sleeps six people euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) she was laid to rest beside her husband they had to put their family pet to sleep a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended he didn't get enough sleep last night calm as a child in dreamless slumber a torpid state resembling deep sleep a period of time spent sleeping he felt better after a little sleep there wasn't time for a nap