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sleep

(slēp)

a. A natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body, in which the eyes usually close and consciousness is completely or partially lost, so that there is a decrease in bodily movement and responsiveness to external stimuli. During sleep the brain in humans and other mammals undergoes a characteristic cycle of brain-wave activity that includes intervals of dreaming.

b. A period of this form of rest.

c. A state of inactivity resembling or suggesting sleep; unconsciousness, dormancy, hibernation, or death.

d. A state in which a computer shuts off or reduces power to its peripherals (such as the display or memory) in order to save energy during periods of inactivity.

2. Botany The folding together of leaflets or petals at night or in the absence of light.

3. A crust of dried tears or mucus normally forming around the inner rim of the eye during sleep.

v. slept (slĕpt), sleep·ing, sleeps

v.intr.

1. To be in the state of sleep or to fall asleep.

2. To be in a condition resembling sleep.

v.tr.

1. To pass or get rid of by sleeping: slept away the day; went home to sleep off the headache.

2. To provide sleeping accommodations for: This tent sleeps three comfortably.

Phrasal Verbs:

sleep around Informal

To have sexual relations with a number of different partners in casual encounters.

sleep in

1. To sleep at one's place of employment: a butler and a chauffeur who sleep in.

a. To oversleep: I missed the morning train because I slept in.

b. To sleep late on purpose: After this week's work, I will sleep in on Saturday.

sleep on

To think about (something) overnight before deciding.

sleep out

1. To sleep at one's own home, not at one's place of employment.

2. To sleep away from one's home.

sleep over

To spend the night as a guest in another's home.

sleep together

To have sexual relations.

sleep with

To have sexual relations with.

Idiom:

sleep like a log/rock

To sleep very deeply.

[Middle English slepe, from Old English slǣp; see slēb- in Indo-European roots.]

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sleeping

(ˈsliːpɪŋ)

the state of being asleep(as modifier)

adj

asleep

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sleeping

cubicle - Originally a small room for sleeping—from Latin cumb, "lie down"—that was separated from a larger room.
breakfast - Literally means "breaking the fast"—of the night, as it is the first meal after sleeping.
dormition - A peaceful and painless death, as well as the act of sleeping or falling asleep.
incubate, incubation - Latin incubare, the source of incubate, literally meant "lie down on"; incubation once had the sense of sleeping in a sacred place or temple for oracular purposes.

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Noun	1.	sleeping - the state of being asleep dream, dreaming - a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night" sleep, slumber - a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber" waking - the state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking"
	2.	sleeping - quiet and inactive restfulness dormancy, quiescence, quiescency repose, rest, ease, relaxation - freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" vegetation - inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"
	3.	sleeping - the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism - walking by a person who is asleep sleep talking, somniloquism, somniloquy - uttering speech while asleep cat sleep, catnap, forty winks, short sleep, snooze, nap - sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) doze, drowse - a light fitful sleep bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity"
Adj.	1.	sleeping - lying with head on paws as if sleeping dormant heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies unerect - not upright in position or posture

sleeping

adjective

1. In a state of sleep:

asleep, unawake.

Idioms: dead to the world, fast asleep, in a sound sleep, out like a light.

2. Existing in a temporarily inactive form or state:

abeyant, dormant, inactive, latent, quiescent.

Translations

addormentato dormiente

сонный

sleeping

[ˈsliːpɪŋ]

A. ADJ → dormido
Sleeping Beauty → la bella durmiente
let sleeping dogs lie → más vale no meneallo

B. N → sueño m, el dormir
between sleeping and waking → a duermevela

C. CPD sleeping bag N (camper's) → saco m de dormir; (baby's) → pelele m
sleeping car N (Rail) → coche-cama m
sleeping draught N → soporífero m
sleeping partner N → socio/a m/f comanditario/a
sleeping pill N → somnífero m
sleeping policeman N (Aut) → banda f sonora
sleeping quarters NPL → dormitorio msing
sleeping sickness N → encefalitis f letárgica
sleeping tablet N = sleeping pill

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sleeping

[ˈsliːpɪŋ]

adj (= asleep) [person, baby] → qui dort, endormi(e)

modif
Let's sort out the sleeping arrangements → Voyons qui va dormir où. sleeping quarterssleeping bag n → sac m de couchagesleeping car n → wagon-lits m, voiture-lits fsleeping giant n
to be a sleeping giant (= have unrealized potential) → être un géant endormisleeping partner n (British) → commanditaire m, associé m commanditairesleeping pill n → somnifère msleeping policeman n [sleeping policemen] (pl) (British) → ralentisseur msleeping quarters npl → quartiers mpl de nuitsleeping sickness n → maladie f du sommeilsleeping tablet n → somnifère m

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sleeping

adj → schlafend; Sleeping Beauty → Dornröschen nt

n → Schlafen nt; between sleeping and waking → zwischen Schlaf und Wachen

sleeping

sleeping accommodation

n → Schlafgelegenheit f

sleeping bag

n → Schlafsack m

sleeping car

n → Schlafwagen m

sleeping draught, (US) sleeping draft

n → Schlaftrunk m

sleeping partner

n (Brit) → stiller Teilhaber or Gesellschafter

sleeping pill

n → Schlaftablette f

sleeping policeman

n (= traffic bump) → (fahrdynamische) Schwelle, Bodenschwelle f

sleeping quarters

pl → Schlafräume pl, → Schlafsaal m

sleeping sickness

n → Schlafkrankheit f

sleeping tablet

n → Schlaftablette f

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sleeping

[ˈsliːpɪŋ] adj → addormentato/a
the Sleeping Beauty → la Bella Addormentata nel bosco
let sleeping dogs lie (Proverb) → non svegliare il can che dorme

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