SLEEP


Meaning of SLEEP in English

n. 25B6; noun go and have a sleep : NAP, doze, siesta, catnap, beauty sleep; informal snooze, forty winks, a bit of shut-eye; Brit. informal kip, zizz; children's language bye-byes; poetic/literary slumber.

25B6; verb she slept for about an hour : BE ASLEEP, doze, take a siesta, take a nap, catnap, sleep like a log/top; informal snooze, snatch forty winks, get some shut-eye; Brit. informal (have a) kip, get one's head down, (get some) zizz; N. Amer. informal catch some Zs; humorous be in the land of Nod; poetic/literary slumber.

wake up.

25A0; go to sleep FALL ASLEEP, get to sleep; informal drop off, nod off, drift off, crash out, flake out; N. Amer. informal sack out, zone out.

25A0; put something to sleep PUT DOWN, destroy.

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