ALL meanings of sleep over
sleep o·ver
S s - intransitivephrasal verbs sleep over spend the night at sb's house 1
- verb without object sleep over 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 over 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 over to be dormant, quiescent, or inactive, as faculties. 1
- verb without object sleep over 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 over to lie in death: They are sleeping in their tombs. 1
- verb with object sleep over to take rest in (a specified kind of sleep): He slept the sleep of the innocent. 1
- verb with object sleep over to accommodate for sleeping; have sleeping accommodations for: This trailer sleeps three people. 1
- verb with object sleep over to spend or pass in sleep (usually followed by away or out): to sleep the day away. 1
- verb with object sleep over to recover from the effects of (a headache, hangover, etc.) by sleeping (usually followed by off or away). 1
- noun sleep over the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps. 1
- noun sleep over a period of sleeping: a brief sleep. 1
- noun sleep over dormancy or inactivity. 1
- noun sleep over the repose of death. 1
- noun sleep over sleeper (def 10). 1
- idioms sleep over put to sleep, to put (an animal) to death in a humane way: to put a sick old dog to sleep. 1
- phrasal verb sleep over If someone, especially a child, sleeps over in a place such as a friend's home, they stay there for one night. 0
- noun sleep over to spend the night at another's home 0