How to pronounce "sleep"

• "sleep" pronounced in English.

• "sleep" pronounced in Dutch.

Meanings and definitions of "sleep"

Noun

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"

Synonyms:

• sleep
• slumber

Noun

a torpid state resembling deep sleep

Synonyms:

• sleep
• sopor

Noun

a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"

Synonyms:

• sleep
• nap

Noun

euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"

Synonyms:

• rest
• eternal rest
• sleep
• eternal sleep
• quietus

Verb

be asleep

Synonyms:

• sleep
• kip
• slumber
• log Z's
• catch some Z's

Verb

be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"

Synonyms:

• sleep