📖 Definitions of "Sleeps"
- 1
To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
"You should sleep 8 hours a day."
- 2
(of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- 3
To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- 4
To accommodate in beds.
"This caravan can sleep four people comfortably."
- 1
The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
"I really need some sleep."
- 2
An act or instance of sleeping.
"I’m just going to have a quick sleep."
- 3
(metonymically) A night.
"There are only three sleeps till Christmas!"
- 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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