A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
Participation in Holy Communion.
The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
To be slumbering in (a state).
To place into a state of hibernation.
To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
To be dead; to lie in the grave.
To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).
To accommodate in beds.
To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
To achieve or make happen by manner of sleep.
A night.
A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
The hibernation of animals.
The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
An act or instance of sleeping.