To sleep meaning in English
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Definition
to sleep: to close your eyes and rest (usually in bed at night)
I went to sleep very late last night, so I'm tired today.
This is an irregular verb:
I sleep / I slept / I have slept
sleep: the state of rest for body and mind
sleep debt
to sleep with (someone): to have sex with (someone); to rest in the same bed as (someone)
Examples
- "Too lazy to move and just sleep..."
- "He just sleeps!"
- "I really didn't get much sleep last night."
- "I have had many adventures since I last saw you, I have slept with many, many, many people."
- "Hannah : So you were sleeping, right there in the laboratory?"
- "Sleepin' on the job, sleepin' on the job"
- "Subject: Re: Sleep = good"
- ""Sleep is essential... at least 8 hours for most adults... lack of sleep leads to bad health... high blood pressure... heart disease... poor performance at work"... Ey up, that sounds serious!"
- "Newborns, on the other hand, sleep between 16 and 18 hours a day, and toddlers sleep between 10 and 12 hours a day."
- "Your mission for this week, should you choose to accept it: Protect your home in whatever way you see fit, and start sleeping better at night."
- "Bruno : Sir, I slept with my au pairs, sir!"
- "Bruno : I admire so much Brian Jones and I imagine he's sleeping in the room beside my office and I dream that Brian is loving me and he kisses me on all my body."
- "Democracy's mother is a woman that I want to sleep with."
- "I can't sleep."
- "New York City: the homeless population has risen to a record level: over 300,000 people are sleeping in the streets."
- "This replaces my previous endeavor of sleeping with as many people as possible."
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