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Added 8 October 2026

sleep

/sliːp/ verb

In Latin: dormiō, cubō Wiktionary

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To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
You should sleep eight hours a day.
To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).
Last night we slept together for the first time.
To accommodate in beds.
This caravan can sleep four people comfortably.

noun

The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
I really need some sleep.
An act or instance of sleeping.
I’m just going to have a quick sleep.
A night.
There are only three sleeps till Christmas!

Origin

From Middle English slepen, from Anglian Old English slēpan (West Saxon Old English slǣpan), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną (“to sleep”).

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