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- [sleep]
- /slip/
- /sliːp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sleep]
- /slip/
Definitions of sleep word
- verb without object sleep to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake. 1
- verb without object sleep Botany. to assume, especially at night, a state similar to the sleep of animals, marked by closing of petals, leaves, etc. 1
- verb without object sleep to be dormant, quiescent, or inactive, as faculties. 1
- verb without object sleep to be careless or unalert; allow one's alertness, vigilance, or attentiveness to lie dormant: While England slept, Germany prepared for war. 1
- verb without object sleep to lie in death: They are sleeping in their tombs. 1
- verb with object sleep to take rest in (a specified kind of sleep): He slept the sleep of the innocent. 1
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Origin of sleep
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English slēp (Anglian), slǣp, slāp; cognate with Dutch slaap, German Schlaf, Gothic slēps; (v.) Middle English slepen, Old English slēpan, slǣpan, slāpan, cognate with Old Saxon slāpan, Gothic slēpan
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Parts of speech for Sleep
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sleep popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sleep usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sleep
noun sleep
- anesthesia — a partial or total loss of the sense of pain, temperature, touch, etc., produced by disease
- asphyxia — Asphyxia is death or loss of consciousness caused by being unable to breathe properly.
- catnap — A catnap is a short sleep, usually one which you have during the day.
- coma — Someone who is in a coma is in a state of deep unconsciousness.
- cutoff — A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
verb sleep
- catnapping — a short, light nap or doze.
- doze — to sleep lightly or fitfully.
- drowse — to be sleepy or half-asleep.
- gapped — a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
- gapping — a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
Antonyms for sleep
noun sleep
- activation — to make active; cause to function or act.
- arousal — Arousal is the state of being sexually excited.
- awakening — the start of a feeling or awareness in a person
- insomnia — inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- insomnolence — sleeplessness; insomnia: a troubled week of insomnolence.
verb sleep
- ask for it — to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
- awaken — To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling.
- awake — Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
- bestir — to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- bestirred — to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
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