sleep

sleep is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

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• enPR: slēp
• IPA: /sliːp/
• SAMPA: /sli:p/
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Verb

Plain form sleep

Third person singular sleeps

Simple past slept

Past participle slept

Present participle sleeping

This baby is sleeping

1. (intransitive) What people do when they rest quietly with eyes shut, usually in bed for many hours at night.

   I need to sleep now because I'm tired.

Noun

Singular sleep

Plural sleeps

1. (countable & uncountable) Sleep is the activity or time of resting quietly with eyes shut, usually in bed for many hours at night.

See also

• go to sleep
• put to sleep

Related words

• asleep