sleep away

sleep away
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "sleep away":
present tense I/you/we/they sleep away he/she/it sleeps away present participle sleeping away past tense slept away past participle slept away
1) to sleep in order to stop thinking or worrying about something, or to stop feeling something

She just wanted to sleep her troubles away.

2) to spend a period of time in sleeping

At weekends, I sometimes sleep away half the morning.


English dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • sleep-away — /sleep euh way /, adj. of or pertaining to a place at which one sleeps away from home: sleep away camp. Also, sleepaway. [1975 80] * * * …   Universalium

  • sleep-away — /sleep euh way /, adj. of or pertaining to a place at which one sleeps away from home: sleep away camp. Also, sleepaway. [1975 80] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sleep-Away Guest Lodge — (Йоханнесбург,Южно Африканская Республика) Категория отеля: Адрес: 58 High G …   Каталог отелей

  • To sleep away — Sleep Sleep, v. t. 1. To be slumbering in; followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge. [R.] Blackw. Mag. [1913 Webster] {To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sleep away — pass time sleeping …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sleep away — …   Useful english dictionary

  • sleep·away — /ˈsliːpəˌweı/ adj, always used before a noun US : providing beds and rooms so people can stay overnight for a number of nights We sent the kids off to sleepaway camp for the week …   Useful english dictionary

  • sleep — vb Sleep, slumber, drowse, doze, nap, catnap, snooze mean to take rest by a suspension of consciousness. Sleep, the usual term, implies ordinarily the periodical repose of this sort in which men and animals recuperate their powers after activity …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Sleep — Sleep, v. t. 1. To be slumbering in; followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge. [R.] Blackw. Mag. [1913 Webster] {To sleep… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sleep — [slēp] n. [ME slep < OE slæp, akin to Ger schlaf, sleep, schlaff, loose, lax < IE * slab < base * (s)leb , * (s)lab , loose, slack > LIP, LIMP1, L labor, to slip, sink] 1. a) a natural, regularly recurring condition of rest for the… …   English World dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”