sleep

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English sleep, sleepe, from Old English slǣp (“sleep”), from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lāb- (“to hang loosely, be limp, be languid”). Cognate with West Frisian sliep (“sleep”), Saterland Frisian släipe (“sleep”), Low German Slaap (“sleep”), Dutch slaap (“sleep”), German Schlaf (“sleep”).

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Noun [edit]

sleep (countable and uncountable; plural sleeps)

  1. (uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
    I really need some sleep.
    We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem.
  2. (countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
    I’m just going to have a quick sleep.
  3. (uncountable) Rheum found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
    Wipe the sleep from your eyes.
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Terms derived from the noun "sleep"
Translations [edit]
state of reduced consciousness
informal: act or instance of sleeping
substance found in the corner of the eyes / figurative objectification of sleep
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Category:Sleep

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English slepen, from Old English slǣpan (“to sleep”), from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną (“to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *slab-, *slap-, *(s)lÁb- (“to hang loose, be limp”). Cognate with West Frisian sliepe (“to sleep”), North Frisian sliepen (“to sleep”), Low German slapen (“sleep”), Dutch slapen (“to sleep”), German schlafen (“to sleep”).

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Verb [edit]

sleep (third-person singular simple present sleeps, present participle sleeping, simple past and past participle slept)

  1. (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
    You should sleep 8 hours a day.
  2. (intransitive) (Of a spinning top) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
    • 1854, Anne E. Baker, Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases
      A top sleeps when it moves with such velocity, and spins so smoothly, that its motion is imperceptible.
    When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not precessing.
  3. (transitive) To accommodate in beds.
    This caravan can sleep up to four people.
  4. (transitive) To be slumbering in (a state).
    to sleep a dreamless sleep
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Tennyson to this entry?)
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Terms derived from the verb "sleep"
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Translations [edit]
to rest in state of reduced consciousness
to accommodate

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Noun [edit]

sleep m (plural slepen, diminutive sleepje)

  1. (the act of) dragging, towing
  2. train: the part of wedding gown that drags behind the bride

Verb [edit]

sleep

  1. singular past indicative of slijpen
  2. first-person singular present indicative of slepen
  3. imperative of slepen

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Middle English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Old English slǣp.

Noun [edit]

sleep (plural sleeps)

  1. sleep

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