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UK
/slˈiːp/
]
[ US /ˈsɫip/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫip/ ]
NOUN
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a period of time spent sleeping
he felt better after a little sleep
there wasn't time for a nap -
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
he didn't get enough sleep last night
calm as a child in dreamless slumber -
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
they had to put their family pet to sleep
she was laid to rest beside her husband - a torpid state resembling deep sleep
VERB
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be able to accommodate for sleeping
This tent sleeps six people - be asleep
How To Use sleep In A Sentence
- The poor bugger has nowhere else to sleep.
- On the moor, we crossed becks bridged by railway sleepers and bulging with pondweed and we met a couple of cyclists.
- I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight, and settled down for a couple of hours sleep.
- Baby and Infant Products, Flap Hats, Swim Diapers, Swimwear Outwear, Sleeping Bags.
- One afternoon, I grew bored and actually fell asleep for a few minutes.
- All the while their mother snorted, shuffled about a bit and then went back to sleep. The Sun
- ‘Sewing a squash ball into the back of their pyjamas or nightie might sound like a wind-up but it's effective because it stops people from sleeping on their back,’ he said.
- He was asleep on the window, looking angelic as the moonlight shone in, making his skin a smooth pale lucid colour.
- As well as knitwear, accessories, bags and jewellery in the womenswear department, the store also offers lingerie and sleepwear to suit all mums.
- Flanagan and McCulloch were co-writers on the television series 'Sleepers'.
