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.
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11. v. (rest in a state of reduced consciousness) nap, doze, snooze
12. subst. 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. subst. (informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
I’m just going to have a quick sleep.
14. subst. (informal, by extension) A night.
There are only three sleeps till Christmas! -
15. subst. 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. subst. 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. subst. The hibernation of animals.
sleeping
1. Partizip I:
2. Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs 'sleep'
sleeping
1. v. present participle of sleep
2. adj. Asleep.
3. adj. Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.
4. subst. The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.
