sleekness
sleekness

sleep


Definition: Meaning of, sleep in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / sliːp /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
sleep slept slept
Present Participle Third Person Singular
sleeping sleeps
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  1. to rest your mind and body, usually at night when you are lying in bed with your eyes closed [↪  asleep, oversleep]
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  2. sleep rough British English to sleep outdoors in uncomfortable conditions, especially because you have no money
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  3. sleep on it spoken to not make a decision about something important until the next day
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  4. sleep tight spoken said especially to children before they go to bed to say that you hope they sleep well
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  5. sleep two/four/six etc to have enough beds for a particular number of people
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  6. let sleeping dogs lie to deliberately avoid mentioning a subject, so that you do not cause any trouble or argument
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  7. literary if a village, house etc sleeps, it is very quiet during the night
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  1. being asleep [uncountable] the natural state of resting your mind and body, usually at night [↪  beauty sleep]
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  2. period of sleeping [singular] a period when you are sleeping
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  3. go to sleep to start sleeping
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  4. go to sleep informal if a part of your body goes to sleep, you cannot feel it for a short time because it has not been getting enough blood
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  5. lose sleep over something spoken to worry about something
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  6. put somebody/something to sleep to give drugs to a sick animal so that it dies without too much pain - used to avoid saying the word 'kill'
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  7. put somebody/something to sleep informal to make someone unconscious before a medical operation by giving them drugs
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  8. somebody can do something in their sleep informal used to say that someone is able to do something very easily, especially because they have done it many times before
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  9. sing/rock/lull etc somebody to sleep to sing to someone, move them gently etc until they start sleeping
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  10. send somebody to sleep to make someone go to sleep
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  11. send somebody to sleep if something sends someone to sleep, it is extremely boring
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  12. in your eyes [uncountable] informal a substance that forms in the corners of your eyes while you are sleeping
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sleep used in phrases

  • NREM sleep (noun)
    1. a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time
  • REM sleep (noun)
    1. rapid eye movement sleep a period during sleep when your eyes move quickly, when you are dreaming
  • beauty sleep (noun)
    1. enough sleep to keep you healthy and looking good - used humorously
  • cat sleep (noun)
    1. usually not in bed sleeping for a short period of time
  • cause to sleep (verb)
    1. make fall asleep
  • eternal sleep (noun)
    1. based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb a euphemism for death
  • go to sleep (verb)
    1. prepare for sleep
  • nonrapid eye movement sleep (noun)
    1. a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time
  • orthodox sleep (noun)
    1. a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time
  • paradoxical sleep (noun)
    1. a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
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sleep used in phrasal verbs

  • sleep around (phrasal verb)
    1. to have sexual relations with a lot of different people
  • sleep away (phrasal verb)
    1. to sleep in order to stop thinking or worrying about something, or to stop feeling something
    2. to spend a period of time in sleeping
  • sleep in (phrasal verb)
    1. to continue sleeping after the time that you usually wake up
  • sleep off (phrasal verb)
    1. to get rid of an unpleasant or uncomfortable feeling by sleeping, especially after eating or drinking too much
  • sleep on (phrasal verb)
    1. sleep on something to wait to make a decision until the next day, after you have rested and had more time to think
  • sleep out (phrasal verb)
    1. to sleep outside
  • sleep over (phrasal verb)
    1. to sleep at someone else’s house for one night
  • sleep through (phrasal verb)
    1. [transitive] sleep through something to remain sleeping although there is a lot of noise around you
    2. [intransitive] to continue sleeping for a long time
  • sleep together (phrasal verb)
    1. if two people sleep together, they have sex, especially when they are not married
  • sleep with (phrasal verb)
    1. sleep with someone to have sex with someone, especially someone who you are not married to
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