verb Download 🔗Share To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. Examples : "You should sleep 8 hours a day." physiology body action 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 well-thrown yo-yo sleeps at the end of its string before I give it a tug to bring it back up. " physics sport technical 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 : "He expertly sleeps the yo-yo, letting it spin perfectly at the end of its string before performing a trick. " sport game action entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To accommodate in beds. Examples : "This caravan can sleep four people comfortably." property building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be slumbering in (a state). Examples : "to sleep a dreamless sleep" physiology body function Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. Examples : "The security guard sleeps on the job, often missing important events on the cameras. " attitude character mind action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be dead; to lie in the grave. Examples : "He now sleeps peacefully in the family plot, next to his wife. " body soul being 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 biology body action sensation condition 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To place into a state of hibernation. Examples : "The bear sleeps deeply through the winter, conserving energy until spring arrives. " physiology animal 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 body 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 body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (metonymically) A night. Examples : "There are only three sleeps till Christmas!" time period 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 medicine physiology 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 mimosa plant exhibits sleeps every evening, its delicate leaflets folding together as if closing for the night. " plant nature biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The hibernation of animals. Examples : "The bear's deep sleeps lasted for several months during the winter. " animal nature physiology biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading