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I UK [sliːp] / US [slɪp] verb
Word forms "sleep":
present tense I/you/we/they sleep he/she/it sleeps present participle sleeping past tense slept UK [slept] / US past participle slept
1) [intransitive] to go into a natural state in which you are unconscious for a time and your body rests, especially for several hours at night

The baby usually sleeps in the afternoon.

sleep well/soundly:

I didn't sleep very well last night.

sleep badly:

We both slept badly and felt terrible the next day.

2) [transitive, never passive] to have enough room or beds for a particular number of people to sleep in
sleeps four/six/etc:

Our house at the beach sleeps six comfortably.

3) [intransitive] mainly literary if a place or building sleeps, all the people who live there are sleeping, especially at night

New York City is sometimes called "the city that never sleeps".

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sleep like a log/baby — to sleep very well

Phrasal verbs:
II UK [sliːp] / US [slɪp] noun
1)
a) [uncountable] a natural state in which you are unconscious for a time and your body rests, especially for several hours at night

Babies need a lot of sleep.

get to sleep:

I can't get to sleep if there's any noise.

I woke up during the storm and couldn't get back to sleep.

get some/much/any sleep:

You need to go home and get some sleep.

without sleep:

A night without sleep left him red-eyed and haggard.

b) [only before noun] relating to sleep

sleep deprivation

2) [singular] a period of time when you are sleeping

Karen woke up from a long sleep and rubbed her eyes.

have a sleep:

I think I'll have a sleep this afternoon.

a good night's sleep:

I haven't had a good night's sleep for over a week.

a deep/light sleep (= one that is difficult/easy to wake up from):

She lay down and soon fell into a deep sleep.

3) [uncountable] a substance that forms in the corner of your eyes when you are sleeping
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put/send someone to sleep — to cause someone to begin sleeping; to give someone a drug that makes them unconscious for a medical operation

The motion of the car sent me to sleep.

Listening to him talk about economics would put anyone to sleep.

See:
lose, wink II

English dictionary. 2014.

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