Sleep - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a period of time spent sleeping (syn: nap)
verb
Extra examples
I just need to get some sleep.
How much sleep did you get last night?
Her roommate talks in her sleep.
The noise woke her from a deep sleep.
He woke up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.
I couldn't sleep last night. I was awake all night long.
I usually try to sleep for at least eight hours every night.
Did you sleep soundly last night?
We were sleeping peacefully when a sudden loud noise woke us up.
I can never sleep on airplanes.
The tent sleeps five adults.
She put her baby to sleep.
She had started to suffer, so the humane thing to do was to put her to sleep.
Her arm has gone to sleep.
The girl stood washing the sleep out of her eyes.
Phrasal verbs
sleep off — get rid of by sleeping
sleep out — work in a house where one does not live
Word forms
I/you/we/they: sleep
he/she/it: sleeps
present participle: sleeping
past tense: slept
past participle: slept
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