sleep
To rest your body and mind with your eyes closed, usually at night.
To be in a natural state of rest in which the eyes are closed, the body is inactive, and consciousness is suspended.
The time when you are resting with your eyes closed and not awake.
A natural state of rest for the body and mind, during which the eyes are closed and consciousness is suspended.
To stay in a place overnight to rest or sleep there.
To spend the night in a particular place for the purpose of rest or sleeping.
A small dry thing in your eye that comes while you are sleeping.
A small piece of dried mucus that forms in the corner of your eye while you are sleeping.
- Base: sleep
- Plural: sleep
- Base: sleep
- 3rd Person Singular: sleeps
- Present Participle: sleeping
- Past: slept
- Past Participle: slept
- Irregular past: slept Verb
- Irregular past participle: slept Verb
go to sleep
1to start sleeping
To start sleeping.
- The baby finally went to sleep after an hour of crying.
- I usually go to sleep around 11 p.m.
go without sleep
1to not get any sleep when needed or expected
To not get any sleep during a time when you normally would.
- He went without sleep for two nights while working on the project.
- You can’t go without sleep for too long—it’s bad for your health.
lose sleep over [something]
1to worry so much it affects your sleep
To worry about something so much that you cannot sleep well.
- Don't lose sleep over that mistake—it’s not a big deal.
- She’s been losing sleep over her upcoming exams.
sleep in
1to wake up later than usual
To stay in bed and wake up later than you usually do.
- We decided to sleep in on Sunday morning.
- I slept in because it was my day off.
sleep over
1to stay overnight elsewhere for rest
To spend the night at another person's home.
- My friend invited me to sleep over at her house this weekend.
- The kids are sleeping over at their grandparents' tonight.
put [someone] to sleep
1make someone sleep
To help someone start sleeping, often by reading or singing to them.
- She put the baby to sleep with a lullaby.
- The lecture put half the class to sleep.
- Warm milk sometimes puts me to sleep.
- He put the baby to sleep by singing softly.
fall asleep
1start to sleep
To start sleeping.
- I usually fall asleep within minutes of going to bed.
- I fell asleep during the movie.
- He fell asleep on the bus and missed his stop.
- She fell asleep on the bus ride home.
fall asleep
2begin sleeping
To start sleeping.
- I must have fallen asleep in front of the TV.
- The baby finally fell asleep after an hour of crying.