Obsolete spelling of sleep

Obsolete spelling of sleep

(nonstandard, often transitive) simple past tense and past participle of sleep

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleepe

plural of sleepe

sleepiness

(idiomatic) To postpone (a decision) at least overnight, to avoid making a hasty choice. / (idiomatic, slang) To miss or ignore, usually used when attesting to the quality of something.

(idiomatic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with. / (literally) To share a bed or bedroom with.

The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.

(uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm. / (countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping. / (informal, metonymically) A night.