I.
noun
1 condition of rest
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep
▪ light
▪ much-needed
▪
I'm off to bed for some much-needed ~.
▪ adequate
▪ REM
VERB + SLEEP
▪ drift into , drift off to , drop off to , fall back to ( AmE ), get to , go to
▪
She turned over and went back to ~.
▪ cry yourself to
▪
There are nights when I cry myself to ~.
▪ catch , get , snatch
▪
Close your eyes and get some ~ now.
▪
I snatched a few hours' ~ in the afternoon.
▪ need
▪ survive on
▪
They seem to survive on only a few hours' ~ a night.
▪ induce , promote
▪
the use of drugs to induce ~
▪ lull sb to , send sb to
▪
The quiet music soon sent her to ~.
▪ drift in and out of
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He drifted in and out of ~ all night.
▪ lose ( often figurative )
▪
Don't lose ~ over it—we'll sort everything out in the morning.
▪ disrupt , disturb , interrupt
▪ catch up on
▪
I used Saturday to catch up on my ~.
▪ feign
▪
I feigned ~ when the nurse came around.
SLEEP + VERB
▪ come
▪
Sleep came to her in snatches.
▪ overcome sb , overtake sb
▪
Sleep finally overtook me.
SLEEP + NOUN
▪ cycle , pattern , schedule ( esp. AmE )
▪ deprivation , loss
▪ disorder
▪ apnoea/apnea
▪ aid ( esp. AmE )
▪
the nation's most commonly prescribed ~ aid
PREPOSITION
▪ during ~
▪
a decreased heart rate during ~
▪ in your ~
▪
He often walks and talks in his ~.
PHRASES
▪ a lack of ~
▪
I was suffering from a lack of ~.
▪ a wink of ~
▪
I won't get a wink of ~ with that noise downstairs.
2 period of sleep
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪ little , short
▪ dead , deep , heavy , sound
▪ uninterrupted
▪ good , restful
▪ light
▪ disturbed , exhausted , fitful , restless , troubled , uneasy
▪
I woke up early after a disturbed ~.
▪ dreamless , peaceful
▪ drunken
▪ beauty
▪
Sorry, but I need my beauty ~.
VERB + SLEEP
▪ need
▪ have
▪
Did you have a good ~?
▪ be in
▪
I was in a deep ~ when the phone rang.
▪ drift into , fall into , sink into
▪
I immediately fell into a dead ~.
▪ awake (sb) from , awaken (sb) from , wake (sb) from
▪
He woke from a fitful ~ with a headache.
PHRASES
▪ a good, poor, etc. night's ~
▪
You'll feel better after a good night's ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ properly ( esp. BrE ), soundly , well
▪
The children were all ~ing soundly.
▪
Did you ~ well last night?
▪
You'll ~ better if you start to relax physically.
▪ comfortably , peacefully , quietly , safely
▪ easily , quiet
▪ easy
▪
We can at least ~ easy at night, knowing that we are safe.
▪
When the murderer is caught we can all ~ easier in our beds at night.
▪ late , long
▪
Let them ~ late on Saturday morning if they want to.
▪
She scolded him for ~ing so long.
▪ badly , fitfully , poorly , uneasily
▪ deeply , heavily
▪
He was exhausted and slept deeply.
▪ lightly
▪
She always slept very lightly so I had to be careful not to wake her.
▪ barely , hardly
▪
She felt as if she had hardly slept.
▪ a little
▪ alone
▪ together
VERB + SLEEP
▪ be unable to , cannot
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I couldn't ~ so I got up and went downstairs.
▪ try to
▪
You must be very tired. Try to ~ a little.
▪ let sb
▪ put sb/sth to
▪
You should always put babies to ~ on their backs.
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We had to have our dog put to ~ (= humanely killed) .
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
I only slept for four hours that night.
▪ through
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She slept right through the storm.
▪
Very few babies ~ through the night ( = without waking up ).
▪ with
▪
Everyone knows she ~s with the boss.
PHRASES
▪ have trouble ~ing
▪
I've been having trouble ~ing lately.
▪ not ~ a wink (= not sleep at all)
▪
I didn't ~ a wink last night.
▪ ~ like a baby , ~ like a log (= sleep very well)
▪ ~ on your back , ~ on your front , ~ on your side , ~ on your stomach
▪
I had to ~ on my back for the first few days after the accident.
▪ ~ overnight
▪
We slept overnight at the beach.
▪ ~ outside , ~ rough ( BrE )
▪
the problem of young people who ~ rough in the streets
Sleep is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ baby