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sleep  (slp)

n.

1.

a. A natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body, in which the eyes usually close and consciousness is completely or partially lost, so that there is a decrease in bodily movement and responsiveness to external stimuli. During sleep the brain in humans and other mammals undergoes a characteristic cycle of brain-wave activity that includes intervals of dreaming.

b. A period of this form of rest.

c. A state of inactivity resembling or suggesting sleep; unconsciousness, dormancy, hibernation, or death.

2. Botany The folding together of leaflets or petals at night or in the absence of light.

3. A crust of dried tears or mucus normally forming around the inner rim of the eye during sleep.

v. slept (slpt), sleep·ing, sleeps

v.intr.

1. To be in the state of sleep or to fall asleep.

2. To be in a condition resembling sleep.

v.tr.

1. To pass or get rid of by sleeping: slept away the day; went home to sleep off the headache.

2. To provide sleeping accommodations for: This tent sleeps three comfortably.

Phrasal Verbs:

sleep around Informal

To be sexually active with more than one partner.

sleep in

1. To sleep at one's place of employment: a butler and a chauffeur who sleep in.

2.

a. To oversleep: I missed the morning train because I slept in.

b. To sleep late on purpose: After this week's work, I will sleep in on Saturday.

sleep on

To think about (something) overnight before deciding.

sleep out

1. To sleep at one's own home, not at one's place of employment.

2. To sleep away from one's home.

sleep over

To spend the night as a guest in another's home.

sleep together

To have sexual relations.

sleep with

To have sexual relations with.

Idiom:

sleep like a log/rock

To sleep very deeply.

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[Middle English slepe, from Old English slæp; see slb- in Indo-European roots.]

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sleep

Noun

1. a state of rest during which the eyes are closed, the muscles and nerves are relaxed, and the mind is unconscious

2. a period spent sleeping

3. the substance sometimes found in the corner of the eyes after sleep

4. a state of inactivity, like sleep

5. Poetic death

Verb

[sleeping, slept]

1. to be in or as in the state of sleep

2. to be inactive or unaware: their defence slept as we scored another try

3. to have sleeping accommodation for (a certain number): the villa sleeps ten

4. Poetic to be dead

5. sleep on it to delay making a decision about (something) until the next day, in order to think about it

See also sleep around, sleep in, etc. [Old English slǣpan]

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sleep  (slp)

A natural, reversible state of rest in most vertebrate animals, occurring at regular intervals and necessary for the maintenance of health. During sleep, the eyes usually close, the muscles relax, and responsiveness to external stimuli decreases. Growth and repair of the tissues of the body are thought to occur, and energy is conserved and stored. In humans and certain other animals, sleep occurs in five stages, the first four consisting of non-REM sleep and the last stage consisting of REM sleep. These stages constitute a sleep cycle that repeats itself about five times during a normal episode of sleep. Each cycle is longer that the one preceding it because the length of the REM stage increases with every cycle until waking occurs. Stage I is characterized by drowsiness, Stage II by light sleep, and Stages III and IV by deep sleep. Stages II and III repeat themselves before REM sleep (Stage V), which occurs about 90 minutes after the onset of sleep. During REM sleep, dreams occur, and memory is thought to be organized. In the stages of non-REM sleep, there are no dreams, and brain activity decreases while the body recovers from wakeful activity. The amount and periodicity of sleep in humans vary with age, with infants sleeping frequently for shorter periods, and mature adults sleeping for longer uninterrupted periods. See also non-REM sleepREM sleep

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Sleep

See also dreams; fatigue.

autohypnotism, autohypnosis

1. the process of hypnotizing oneself.
2. the resulting state.

Braidism

the practice of hypnotism by Dr. James Braid, British physician, in the mid 19th century.

clinomania

an obsession with bed rest.

clinophobia

an abnormal fear or dislike of going to bed.

consopition

Obsolete, the act of lulling or rocking to sleep.

dormancy

the state of being dormant or inert.

hypnobate

a somnambulist, or sleepwalker.

hypnobatia

somnambulism. — hypnobate, n.

hypnology

the science dealing with the phenomena of sleep and hypnotism. See also hypnosis. — hypnologist, n. — hypnologic, hypnological, adj.

hypnomania

a mania for sleep.

hypnopedia, hypnopaedia

the art or process of learning while asleep by means of lessons recorded on disk or tapes.

hypnophobia

an abnormal fear of sleep.

lunambulism

the condition of sleepwalking only in the moonlight. Cf. somnambulism. — lunambulist, n. — lunambulistic, adj.

narcoanalysis

narcotherapy.

narcohypnia

Medicine. a numbness often feit upon waking from sleep.

narcolepsy

Pathology. a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable lapses into deep sleep. — narcoleptic, adj. — narcolept, n.

narcotherapy

Psychiatry.
1. a method of treating certain mental disorders by inducing sleep through barbiturates.
2. a type of psychotherapy involving the use of hypnotic drugs. Also narcoanalysis. — narcotherapist, n.

noctambulism

somnambulism. Also noctambulation. — noctambulist, noctambule, n. — noctambulous, noctambulant, noctambulisdc, adj.

somnambulism

the condition of sleepwalking. Also called hypnobatia, noctambulism. — somnambulant, n., adj. — somnambulist, n. — somnambulistic, adj.

somniloquism

1. the tendency to talk in one’s sleep. Also somniloquy.
2. the words spoken. — somniloquist, n. — somniloquous, adj.

somnipathy

a state of sleep induced by hypnosis or mesmerism.

somnolence

the condition of drowsiness or sleepiness. Also somnolency, somnolism. — somnolent, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sleep - 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" slumber sleeping - the state of being asleep nonrapid eye movement, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM, NREM sleep, orthodox sleep - a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement, rapid eye movement sleep, REM, REM sleep - a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep shuteye - informal term for sleep physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
	2.	sleep - a torpid state resembling deep sleep sopor physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
	3.	sleep - a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap" nap period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" beauty sleep - sleep before midnight kip - sleep; "roused him from his kip"
	4.	sleep - 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" eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest death - the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"
Verb	1.	sleep - be asleep catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, slumber rest - be at rest practice bundling, bundle - sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed catch a wink, catnap, nap - take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour" sleep in, sleep late - sleep later than usual or customary; "On Sundays, I sleep in" hibernate, hole up - sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves" aestivate, estivate - sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate" sleep in, sleep late - sleep later than usual or customary; "On Sundays, I sleep in" live in, sleep in - live in the house where one works; "our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her" sleep in, sleep late - sleep later than usual or customary; "On Sundays, I sleep in" sleep out, live out - work in a house where one does not live; "our cook lives out; he can easily commute from his home" wake - be awake, be alert, be there
	2.	sleep - be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people" accommodate, admit, hold - have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"

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sleep

noun 1. slumber(s), rest, nap, doze, kip Brit. (slang) snooze (informal) repose, hibernation, siesta, dormancy, beauty sleep (informal) forty winks (informal) shuteye (slang) zizz Brit. (informal)

verb 2. slumber, drop off (informal) doze, kip Brit. (slang) snooze (informal) snore, hibernate, nod off (informal) take a nap, catnap, drowse, go out like a light, take forty winks (informal) zizz Brit. (informal) be in the land of Nod, rest in the arms of Morpheus

Translations

sleep [sliːp] [pt, pp slept] n → sueño

vi → dormir

vt we can sleep 4 → podemos alojar a 4, tenemos cabida para 4;

to go to sleep → dormirse;

to have a good night's sleep → dormir toda la noche;

to put to sleep [+ patient] → dormir [+ animal] (euphemism) (= kill); sacrificar;

to sleep lightly → tener el sueño ligero;

to sleep with sb (euphemism) → acostarse con algn

sleep in vi (= oversleep) → quedarse dormido

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sleep [sliːp] n → sommeil m

vi [slept , pt , pp ] [slɛpt] → dormir (= spend night); dormir, coucher

vt we can sleep 4 → on peut coucher or loger 4 personnes;

to go to sleep → s'endormir;

to have a good night's sleep → passer une bonne nuit;

to put to sleep [+ patient] → endormir [+ animal] (euphemism) (= kill); piquer;

to sleep lightly → avoir le sommeil léger;

to sleep with sb (= have sex) → coucher avec qn

sleep around sleep vi → coucher à droite et à gauche

sleep in vi (= oversleep) → se réveiller trop tard;

(on purpose) → faire la grasse matinée

sleep together vi (= have sex) → coucher ensemble

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sleep [sliːp] [slept , pt, pp ] n → Schlaf m

vi → schlafen

vt we can sleep 4 → bei uns können 4 Leute schlafen;

to go to sleep → einschlafen;

to have a good night's sleep → sich richtig ausschlafen;

to put to sleep (euph) (kill) → einschläfern;

to sleep lightly → einen leichten Schlaf haben;

to sleep with sb (euph) (have sex) → mit jdm schlafen

sleep around sleep vi → mit jedem/jeder schlafen

sleep in sleep vi (oversleep) → verschlafen;

(rise late) → lange schlafen

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sleep [sliːp] n → sonno

vi [pt slept, pp ] [slɛpt] → dormire

vt we can sleep 4 → abbiamo 4 posti letto, possiamo alloggiare 4 persone;

to have a good night's sleep → farsi una bella dormita;

to go to sleep → addormentarsi;

to sleep lightly → avere il sonno leggero;

to put to sleep [+ patient] → far addormentare [+ animal] (euphemistic) (= kill); abbattere;

to sleep with sb (euphemistic) (= have sex); andare a letto con qn

sleep in vi (= lie late) → alzarsi tardi (= oversleep); dormire fino a tardi