(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.

Obsolete spelling of sleep

Obsolete spelling of sleep

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

(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.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleep, in. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To sleep late; to go on sleeping past one's customary or planned hour.

very sleepy; strongly wanting or needing to sleep / Marked by sleep

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

present participle of sleep