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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishslepen, fromAnglian Old Englishslēpan (West Saxonslǣpan), fromProto-West Germanic*slāpan, fromProto-Germanic*slēpaną.

Verb

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A sleeping child

sleep (third-person singular simple presentsleeps,present participlesleeping,simple past and past participleslept)

  1. (intransitive) Torest in a state ofreducedconsciousness.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:sleep
    You shouldsleep eight hours a day.
  2. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To havesexual intercourse (seesleep with).
    Last night weslept together for the first time.
  3. (transitive) Toaccommodate in beds.
    This caravan cansleep four people comfortably.
  4. (intransitive, idiomatic) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
    • 1706 October 9 (Gregorian calendar),Francis Atterbury, “A Sermon Preach’d in the Guild-Hall Chapel, London, Sept. 28. 1706. Being the Day of the Election of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor.”, inFourteen Sermons Preach’d on Several Occasions. […], London: […] E. P.[Edmund Parker?] for Jonah Bowyer, […], published1708,→OCLC,page407:
      Weſleep over our Happineſs, Great as it is, and want to be rous'd into a quick and thankful ſenſe of it, either by an actual Change of Circumſtances, or by a Compariſon of our Own caſe with that of other Men.
  5. (intransitive, euphemistic, idiomatic) To be dead.
  6. (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
    a questionsleeps for the present; the lawsleeps
  7. (computing, intransitive) Towait for a period of time without performing any action.
    After a failed connection attempt, the programsleeps for 5 seconds before trying again.
  8. (computing, transitive) To place into a state ofhibernation.
    • 2009, Mike Lee, Scott Meyers,Learn Mac OS X Snow Leopard, page91:
      Even when you have reasons not tosleep the computer, it's still a good idea tosleep the display after a period of time.
  9. (intransitive, mechanics, dynamics) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
    When a top issleeping, it is spinning but notprecessing.
    • 1854, Anne E. Baker,Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases:
      A topsleeps when it moves with such velocity, and spins so smoothly, that its motion is imperceptible.
  10. (transitive, mechanics, dynamics) To cause (aspinning top oryo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
    • 1995,All Aboard for Space: Introducing Space to Youngsters, page158:
      Yo-yo tricks involvingsleeping the yo-yo (like "walking the dog" and "rocking the baby") cannot be performed in space.
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Translations
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to rest in state of reduced consciousness
to accommodate
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishslepe,sleep,sleepe, fromOld Englishslǣp(“sleep”), fromProto-West Germanic*slāp, fromProto-Germanic*slēpaz(“sleep”).

Noun

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sleep (countable anduncountable,pluralsleeps)

  1. (uncountable) Thestate of reducedconsciousness during which a human oranimal rests in a daily rhythm.
    I really need somesleep.
    We need to conduct an overnightsleep test to diagnose yoursleep problem.
  2. (countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
    I’m just going to have a quicksleep.
  3. (informal, metonymically) Anight.
    There are only threesleeps till Christmas!
  5. (uncountable)Rheum,crusty orgummydischarge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense ofreduced consciousness).
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:sleep
    • 1886,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad,Folk and Fairy Tales, page233:
      When she had rubbed thesleep out of her eyes and wept till she was tired, she set out on her way and walked for many, many a day, till she at last came to a big mountain.
    • 1980, “Daydream Believer”‎[1]performed by Anne Murray:
      But it rings
      And we rise,
      Wipe thesleep out of our eyes[…]
    • 2017, Adam J. Fisch,Neuroanatomy: Draw It to Know It, Oxford University Press,→ISBN:
      [...] and draw the medial canthus (aka medial commissure) at the medial extreme. Now draw the lacrimal caruncle at the medial corner of the eye, which produces whitish, oily fluid—it produces “sleep in the eye.”
    • 2019, Jahangir Moini,Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals, Jones & Bartlett Learning (→ISBN), page 780, entry "Medial canthus":
      The part of the eyelid that is the location of the lacrimal caruncle, which produces rheum or "sleep," the gritty substance often present when awakening.
  6. A state ofplants, usually at night, when theirleaflets approach each other and theflowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
    Synonyms:nyctinasty,nyctitropism
    • 1843, Joh Müller, John Bell,Elements of Physiology, page808:
      The dailysleep of plants, and their winter sleep, present in this respect exactly similar phenomena[…]
  7. Thehibernation ofanimals.
Derived terms
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Translations
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state of reduced consciousness
informal: act or instance of sleeping
substance found in the corner of the eyes, sometimes as a figurative objectification of sleep

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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sleep m (pluralslepen,diminutivesleepje n)

  1. (the act of)dragging,towing
  2. train, the part of wedding gown that drags behind the bride
Descendants
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  • → Papiamentu:sleep(dated)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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sleep

  1. singularpastindicative ofslijpen

Verb

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sleep

  1. inflection ofslepen:
    1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
    3. imperative

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Middle English

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Noun

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sleep (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form ofslepe
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