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sleep



sommeil
sommeil


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sleep
     1. v. Dormir.
     2. n. Sommeil.
anglais > anglais
sleep
     1. v. (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
           You should sleep 8 hours a day.
     2. v. (intransitive, of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
           When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not precessing.
     3. v. To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
     4. v. To accommodate in beds.
           This caravan can sleep up to four people.
     5. v. To be slumbering in (a state).
           to sleep a dreamless sleep
     6. v. (intransitive) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
     7. v. (intransitive) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
     8. v. (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
           a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps
     9. v. (computing, intransitive) To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
           After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again.
     10. v. =====Troponyms=====
     11. v. (rest in a state of reduced consciousness) nap, doze, snooze
     12. n. 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.
     13. n. (informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
           I’m just going to have a quick sleep.
     14. n. (informal, by extension) A night.
           There are only three sleeps till Christmas! -
     15. n. Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge 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.
     16. n. A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
           Synonyms: nyctinasty, nyctitropism
     17. n. The hibernation of animals.
français > anglais
sommeil
     1. n-m. sleep

Prononciation




Exemples de phrases

I got five hours sleep last night. 
    J'ai dormi cinq heures, cette nuit.
You should not sleep. 
    Tu ne devrais pas dormir.
He could not sleep because of the heat. 
    Il ne pouvait pas dormir à cause de la chaleur.
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. 
    Des millions de créatures spirituelles marchent sur Terre sans être vues, à la fois quand nous sommes éveillés et quand nous dormons.
Night is when most people sleep. 
    La nuit, c'est quand la plupart des gens dorment.



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