American English pronunciation
How to pronounce sleep
IPA transcription: [s'lip]
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Noun
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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”
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a torpid state resembling deep sleep
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euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
“she was laid to rest beside her husband”
“they had to put their family pet to sleep”
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a period of time spent sleeping
“he felt better after a little sleep”
“there wasn't time for a nap”
Verb
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be asleep
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be able to accommodate for sleeping
“This tent sleeps six people”
Usage examples
- Whenever I fall asleep, I don't dream.
- A Japanese-American who is Sleepy's partner.
- He is killed in his sleep by the protagonist, Macbeth.
- Two children are sleeping while someone is touching a music book.
- He fell asleep, and when he awoke the sun was already high.
- She was sleeping under his protection as sweetly as a child.
- Bakers have homes, while shepherds sleep out in the open.
- She is only now in a natural sleep.
- Their eyelids droop for want of sleep.
- Sometimes, I experience so much pain that I cannot sleep at night.