LIGHT SLEEP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does light sleep mean? 

• LIGHT SLEEP (noun)
  The noun LIGHT SLEEP has 1 sense:

1. sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

  Familiarity information: LIGHT SLEEP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGHT SLEEP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

catnap; forty winks; light sleep; nap; short sleep; snooze

Hypernyms ("light sleep" is a kind of...):

sleeping (the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "light sleep"):

siesta (a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries))

zizz (a nap)

 Context examples 

Well, about two in the morning I had sunk into a light sleep when I was suddenly aroused by a slight noise.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)