sleepnoun
uk/sliːp/us/sliːp/sleep noun (NOT AWAKE)
B1 [ U ] the resting state in which the body is not active and the mind is unconscious:
B1 to succeed in sleeping:
B1 [ C ] a period of sleeping:
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- Get a good night's sleep and you'll feel better able to cope.
- She fell into a lovely deep sleep.
- I'm not feeling very alert today - not enough sleep last night!
- It was so hot that I didn't get off to sleep till three o'clock.
- She grinds her teeth in her sleep.
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Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
- beauty
- bed
- bunk
- bye-byes
- catnap
- conk
- delayed sleep phase pattern
- disco nap
- hit
- kip
- sleep over
- sleeper
- sleepyhead
- slept
- sound
- soundly
- tuck
- tuck sb in
- turn
- turn in
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sleep noun (SUBSTANCE)
[ U ] informal a yellowish substance sometimes found in the corners of the eyes after sleeping
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production
- beaded
- bogy
- bucket
- discharge
- dribble
- expectorate
- gob
- jism
- lacteal
- lymphatic
- mucus
- perspiration
- phlegm
- pus
- snot
- sperm
- spermatozoon
- spit
- spunk
- sweat buckets idiom
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Idiom(s)
sleepverb
uk/sliːp/us/sliːp/slept, sleptA1 [ I ] to be in the state of rest when your eyes are closed, your body is not active, and your mind is unconscious:
[ T ] If a vehicle, tent, etc. sleeps a particular number of people, it provides enough space or beds for that number of people to be able to sleep in it:
to sleep very well:
C2 to delay making a decision about something important until the next day so that you have time to consider it carefully:
to sleep outside because you have no home and no money:
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- Having a milky drink before bed helps me sleep.
- My brother and I slept in the same room.
- He likes to sleep on the right side of the bed.
- I'm so tired I could sleep in this chair!
- I slept terribly last night.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
- beauty
- bed
- bunk
- bye-byes
- catnap
- conk
- delayed sleep phase pattern
- disco nap
- hit
- kip
- sleep over
- sleeper
- sleepyhead
- slept
- sound
- soundly
- tuck
- tuck sb in
- turn
- turn in
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