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sleep around

sleep a·round
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sleep uh-round]
    • /slip əˈraʊnd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sleep uh-round]
    • /slip əˈraʊnd/

Definitions of sleep around words

  • verb without object sleep around 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 around 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 around to be dormant, quiescent, or inactive, as faculties. 1
  • verb without object sleep around 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 around to lie in death: They are sleeping in their tombs. 1
  • verb with object sleep around to take rest in (a specified kind of sleep): He slept the sleep of the innocent. 1

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Origin of sleep around

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 around

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sleep around 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 around usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sleep around

verb sleep around

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