to sleep
- verb
- /sliːp/
- She found it hard to sleep in a noisy environment.
- sleep at night
- go to sleep
- sleep in bed
But I wouldn't be able to sleep at night, right?
- But I wouldn't be able to sleep at night, right?
- And that is why does my cat sleep like that or like that?
- But thankfully, she sleeps like a rock, man.
- So I can take this boot off at night and sleep with it off.
- I've never seen an insect sleep, you know what I mean?
- He who loves to sleep and the folding of hands.
- If they can't sleep, you can't sleep, and it happens forever.
- I wouldn't be able to sleep and I'm honest.
- Job, school, religion, go to sleep, drink, football.
- And just so he could get to sleep, Roosevelt gave up Poland.
Examples
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I haven't slept in a week, but he sleeps constantly.
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Daniel, did you sleep in here?
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But this patient just did not sleep for four hours.
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So when I sleep, I sleep on my back.
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- Is it okay if I sleep in your room tonight?
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Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep.
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I was just not sleeping well.
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For the first time since her mother's death, she slept peacefully with her eyes closed.
Fiction book (1990) -
Rie would wait until her parents had gone to sleep, then rendezvous with him in a nearby park.
Academic text (2013) -
After a long day, I usually sleep for eight hours to recharge my energy.
Synonyms
To sleep lightly or peacefully
To sleep to get some rest
To sleep, often for a short time
To sleep for a short time, often on a sofa
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Stay half awake and watch for danger while you sleep because you are afraid
- Offensive
To be killed and thrown into water by criminals, often said as a joke
- Archaic
To die peacefully, people say this as a gentle way to talk about someone's death
- Informal
Accept a belief or excuse that makes someone feel better, even if it is not true
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
Make an electronic device use little power so it can start again quickly
Compounds
- Specialized
A stage of sleep with fast eye movement, clear dreams, and high brain activity
- Specialized
Breathing stops for short times during sleep, causing poor sleep and health risks
- Specialized
A low power state when a device turns off most parts but can wake quickly
- Specialized
A sleep stage when the eyes move quickly and most dreaming happens
- Specialized
A part of sleep without fast eye movements or dreams when the body repairs itself
- Specialized
A stage of sleep without fast eye movements when you usually do not dream
- Archaic
A stage of sleep without quick eye movements or dreaming when the body repairs itself
- Literature
A plan where a couple sleeps in separate beds or rooms because they have different sleep habits
- Specialized
A sleep problem where someone wakes from deep sleep with intense fear and often screams, usually without memory
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sleep as a verb comes from the old German verb slǣpan, which meant 'to rest with closed eyes'. So to sleep still means to stop being awake and let your body recover.