the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > action, fact, or state of sleeping or falling asleep > for a short time or lightly (5)
The action of taking a nap; sleeping; (formerly also) †drowsiness (obsolete). Also figurative.
The action of sleeping drowsily.
The fact of dozing or sleeping. Also attributive.
The taking of ‘forty winks’.
colloquial (chiefly British). The action of having a short sleep or nap; sleeping. Cf. zizz, v. 2.