Sleep Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Sleep? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Example sentences, How to pronounce? Antonyms, Derivations, Words ending with Sleep, Words starting with Sleep, Related sentences, Synonyms and more...

Sleep meaning

Word: Sleep

How to pronounce: sliːp

Noun

Definitions:

1. A condition of body and mind that typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended.

Example sentences: "I was on the verge of sleep"

2. A gummy or gritty secretion found in the corners of the eyes after sleep.

Example sentences: "She sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes"

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. Be in a state of sleep; be asleep.

Example sentences: "She slept for half an hour"

2. Provide (a specified number of people) with beds, rooms, or places to stay the night.

Example sentences: "Studios sleeping two people cost $70 a night"


Synonyms:

dream

slumber

hibernation

nap

kip

asleep

dead

fall asleep

bed

stay asleep

oversleep

sleep away

have a sleep

take a nap

quietus

rest

repose

eternal sleep

dozing


Antonyms:

awake

wake up

watch

reality


Derivations:

sleepiness

sleeplessness

sleepless

sleepily

sleeping

sleepy

sleeper


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Sleep in Other Languages...

Spanish: Dormir

German: Schlafen

French: Dormir

Italian: Dormire

Turkish: Uyku


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