to sleep
- verb
- /sliːp/
- Specialized
- Do you remember the TV ad "Sleep well tonight, America, we are watching"?
Examples
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At least I get a chance to sleep while the machine's on.
Fiction book (2000) -
But you do have to sleep at some point.
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What I want you to do is sleep without your phone.
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I'm gonna put you to sleep now, Alex, okay?
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Right now my fondest wish is that he starts sleeping as late as 6.
Blog text (9) -
I can click start and sleep, but Win8 makes me dig through the settings.
Blog text (4) -
If you don't let the system sleep, battery life decreases tremendously.
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You should let your laptop sleep after several minutes of inactivity to save battery life.
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To conserve energy, the TV will automatically sleep after two hours of not being used.
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Make sure to set your phone to sleep mode when you're not using it to extend its battery life.
Synonyms
To stop something officially for a short time
To enter a low-power state that pauses activity to save energy
Make an electronic device use little power so it can start again quickly
To go into low-power mode automatically when a device is idle
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
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sleep used as a verb for devices is a modern use that compares the device to a sleeping person and comes from the old word slǣp for quiet rest. So to 'sleep' a phone means to put it into a low-power rest that can wake up fast.