sleep off

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sleep awf, of]
- /slip ɔf, ɒf/
- /sliːp ɒf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sleep awf, of]
- /slip ɔf, ɒf/

Definitions of sleep off words

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

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Origin of sleep off

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 off

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sleep off

sleep off 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".

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