sleep

Pronunciation

• enPR: slēp, IPA ^(key): /sliːp/
• SAMPA: /sli:p/

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Verb

Plain form sleep

Third-person singular sleeps

Past tense slept

Past participle slept

Present participle sleeping

This baby is sleeping

1. (intransitive) If you sleep, you rest quietly with eyes shut, usually in bed for many hours at night.

   I need to sleep now because I'm tired.

2. (informal) If you sleep with someone, you have sex with them.

   I haven't slept with my husband in like eight months.

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.

Related words

• go to sleep
• put to sleep
• asleep