plural of sleep

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleep

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleep with

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleep in

present participle of sleep

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

Asleep. / Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.

(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.

(intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. / (intransitive, of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

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