to sleep
- verb
- /sliːp/
- This is where you're gonna sleep.
- a bed sleeps two
Examples
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"Do you want to go home, or do you want to sleep here?" he says.
Fiction book (1991) -
Do Chinese families sleep in their stores to save money on rent?
Academic text (2008) -
We got lights now this right here, it's big enough to sleep a few people.
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Some of them are sleeping in their cars.
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And from now on, the sisters and I sleep here.
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The whole family will be sleeping in a small room, he continued.
Academic text (2008) -
That way you won't need a place to sleep.
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If you're staying in Berlin, you can sleep at my house.
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I'd invite them to sleep in our house, in cots in my room.
Fiction book (1990) -
The cozy cabin can sleep up to eight guests comfortably.
Synonyms
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sleep in the phrase 'this cabin sleeps two' comes from the same old idea of rest from slǣp, meaning 'to have room for rest'. So when a room 'sleeps two' it means it has space for two people to rest or sleep.