verb Download 🔗Share To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. Examples : "You should sleep 8 hours a day." physiology body mind action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. Examples : "The spinning top slept peacefully on the desk, spinning steadily without wobbling. " physics sport game technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. Examples : "The child carefully slept the yo-yo, making it spin smoothly. " sport action entertainment game essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To accommodate in beds. Examples : "This caravan can sleep four people comfortably." property building service essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be slumbering in (a state). Examples : "to sleep a dreamless sleep" physiology action sensation condition being body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. Examples : "The student slept through the important announcement about the upcoming test. " attitude character mind human essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be dead; to lie in the grave. Examples : "After the accident, the family mourned their son, who had slept for many years. " soul religion literature essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant. Examples : "a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps" physiology condition body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To wait for a period of time without performing any action. Examples : "After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again." time action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To place into a state of hibernation. Examples : "The farmer carefully slept the hibernating ground squirrels in their underground nests for the winter. " physiology action condition body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm. Examples : "I really need some sleep." physiology condition biology human essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An act or instance of sleeping. Examples : "I’m just going to have a quick sleep." physiology action condition biology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (metonymically) A night. Examples : "There are only three sleeps till Christmas!" time essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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). Examples : "Wipe the sleep from your eyes." body physiology medicine essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The plants in the greenhouse went into sleep during the cool night. " biology plant nature essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The hibernation of animals. Examples : "The bear's sleep lasted for several months during the winter. " animal physiology nature essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading