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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sleep/sliːp/
noun
  • 1 a regularly recurring condition of body and mind in which the nervous system is inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended.
  • 2 a gummy secretion found in the corners of the eyes after sleep.
verb (past and past part. slept /slɛpt/)
  • 1 be in a state of sleep.

    ■ (sleep something off) recover from something by going to sleep.

    ■ (sleep in) remain asleep or in bed later than usual in the morning.

  • 2 provide (a specified number of people) with beds or bedrooms.
  • 3 (sleep together/with) have sex or be involved in a sexual relationship.

    ■ (sleep around) have many casual sexual partners.

– phrases
put someone to sleep make someone unconscious with drugs or anaesthetic.
put something to sleep kill an animal painlessly.
sleep like a log (or top) sleep very soundly.
– derivatives
sleepless adjective,
sleeplessly adverb,
sleeplessness noun.
– origin OE slēp, slǣp (n.), slēpan, slǣpan (v.), of Gmc origin.




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