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Sleeps

/sliːps/

To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

📖 Definitions of "Sleeps"

verb
  1. 1

    To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

    "You should sleep 8 hours a day."

  2. 2

    (of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

  3. 3

    To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

  4. 4

    To accommodate in beds.

    "This caravan can sleep four people comfortably."

noun
  1. 1

    The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.

    "I really need some sleep."

  2. 2

    An act or instance of sleeping.

    "I’m just going to have a quick sleep."

  3. 3

    (metonymically) A night.

    "There are only three sleeps till Christmas!"

  4. 4

    Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).

    "Wipe the sleep from your eyes."

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