sleep
🇺🇸
/sliːp/
🇬🇧
/sliːp/
intransitive verb
A1
To be in a state of rest with closed eyes and inactive mind and body.
We sometimes sleep late on weekends.
R
To provide enough beds for a certain number of people.
The hotel can accommodate 120 guests for sleep.
noun
A2
The natural state of rest with closed eyes and inactive body and mind.
His talk almost put me to sleep.
A2
A period during which one is asleep.
Did you have a good sleep last night?
R
Substance formed in the eyes after sleeping.
Ned wiped the sleep from his eyes.
translation
To be in a state of rest with closed eyes and inactive mind and body.; To provide enough beds for a certain number of people.
The natural state of rest with closed eyes and inactive body and mind.; A period during which one is asleep.; Substance formed in the eyes after sleeping.
Word Forms
Progressive
sleeping
3rd Present
sleeps
Past
slept
Perfect
slept
Plural
sleeps