(dialectal, chiefly Northern England and Scotland) Alternative form of sly

A surname.

plural of Slee

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see deep, sleep. / (rare, fiction) Artificially induced hibernation in humans for the purpose of long distance space travel.

(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.

The cumulative effect of not getting enough sleep, especially as seen as able to be made up for by sleeping more than usual.

(idiomatic) To have one's corpse disposed of in a body of water.

A shallow sleep; a pretended sleep.