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Definition of Short sleep
1. Noun. Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed).
Generic synonyms: Sleeping
Specialized synonyms: Siesta, Zizz
Derivative terms: Catnap, Nap, Snooze
Lexicographical Neighbors of Short Sleep
Literary usage of Short sleep
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cobb's Abridgment of J. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and by John Walker, Lyman Cobb (1834)
"Name ly, name' lé, ad. specially. Name' sake, s. one of Ihe same name. Nap, s.
slumber, short sleep ; down : vn to sleep, to be drowsy. ..."
2. The angels, by a Bible student, author of 'Our eternal homes'. by John Hyde (1875)
"The spirit sinks as into a deep sleep : it is what has given rise to the notion
of' death's long sleep;' though, in reality, it is the short sleep of death. ..."
3. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"He is afraid to go to sleep and does not know why, > after short sleep ; wants
to lie down in the morning again ; restless sleep, with heat, is obliged to ..."
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