n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: slept \ ' slept \ ; sleep · ing
Date: before 12th century
intransitive verb
1 : to rest in a state of sleep
2 : to be in a state (as of quiescence or death) resembling sleep
3 : to have sexual relations ― usually used with with
transitive verb
1 : to be slumbering in < slept the sleep of the dead>
2 : to get rid of or spend in or by sleep < sleep away the hours> < sleep off a headache>
3 : to provide sleeping accommodations for <the boat sleep s six>