sleep

Verb/Action Lying still ( usually in the dark) for an extended period of time (varying in each circumstance) until consciousness dissipates. Cognition can then return in several different ways; First occuring naturally, after an indeterminate amount of time, depending on an individuals sleep cycle and biorhythm. Secondly, it can manually be regained through use of an alarm either with a clock, a watch, or a phone. Lastly awareness of perception can be retrieved prematurely though abrupt, obnoxious external auditory and/or physical means, being the least likely of ways anyone would prefer to wake up.