"dead sleep" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dead sleeps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} dead sleep (usually uncountable, plural dead sleeps)
  1. A particularly sound sleep Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-dead_sleep-en-noun-HkfeodWn
  2. The first sleep of the night in a biphasic sleep pattern, before the watch. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms (first sleep of the night): first sleep Translations (first sleep): premier somme (French), primo sonno (Italian), primus somnus (Latin), concubia nocte (Latin)
    Sense id: en-dead_sleep-en-noun-tzybMAxZ Disambiguation of Sleep: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87 Disambiguation of 'first sleep of the night': 16 84 Disambiguation of 'first sleep': 29 71

Inflected forms

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