To grow sleepy or drowsy; begin to sleep; fall asleep; also, to sleep lightly; doze.To sleep; sleep quietly.To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.Synonyms and 2. Drowse, Doze, etc. See sleep.To lay to sleep; cause to slumber or sleep.To stun; stupefy.To cause to be latent; keep as if in a sleeping condition.n. Light sleep; sleep not deep or sound.n. Sleep, especially sound sleep.n. A sleeping state; sleep regarded as an act.