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sleep

გამოთქმა: /sliːp/

განმარტებულია sleep სიტყვის თარგმნა ფლექსია სინონიმები ანტონიმები

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Universal
  • 1a condition of body and mind which typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended:I was on the verge of sleep he talked in his sleep [in singular]:a good night’s sleep [as modifier]:the effects of sleep loss
  • chiefly literary a state compared to or resembling sleep, such as death or complete silence or stillness:a photograph of the poet in his last sleep
  • [count noun] informal (typically in the context of anticipating a forthcoming event) a night, or a night’s sleep:two more sleeps till I fly to LA
  • 2a gummy secretion found in the corners of the eyes after sleep:she sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1 [no object] be in a state of sleep:she slept for half an hour (as adjective sleeping)he looked at the sleeping child
  • be inactive or dormant:Copenhagen likes to be known as the city that never sleeps
  • literary be at peace in death; lie buried:he sleeps in Holywell cemetery
  • 2 [with object] provide (a specified number of people) with beds, rooms, or places to stay the night:studios sleeping two people cost £70 a night
  • 3 [no object, with adverbial] have sexual intercourse or be involved in a sexual relationship:I won’t sleep with a man who doesn’t respect me

one could do something in one's sleep

informal one could do something with no effort or conscious thought: it’s a cinch. I could do it in my sleep she knew the music perfectly, could sing it in her sleep

get to sleep

manage to fall asleep:he got to sleep eventually

go to sleep

fall asleep: I went to sleep almost as soon as I climbed into bed
(of a limb) become numb as a result of prolonged pressure: her right arm had gone to sleep

let sleeping dogs lie

proverb avoid interfering in a situation that is currently causing no problems but may well do so as a result of such interference.

put someone to sleep

make someone unconscious by using drugs, alcohol, or an anaesthetic: a fast-acting barbiturate is administered through an intravenous line, which puts the patient quickly to sleep
(also send someone to sleep) bore someone greatly: politics put me to sleep

put something to sleep

kill an animal, especially an old or badly injured one, painlessly (used euphemistically): they took their pit bull terrier on a trip to France before having her put to sleep

sleep easy

see easy.

sleep like a log (or top)

sleep very soundly: I slept like a log until morning

sleep on it

informal delay making a decision until the following day: although she said she would sleep on it, she was virtually certain to resign

the sleep of the just

a deep, untroubled sleep: knowing that nothing will disturb me, I sleep the sleep of the just

sleep rough

see rough.

sleep tight

[usually in imperative] sleep well: ‘Goodnight, then. Sleep tight’

sleep with one eye open

sleep very lightly, aware of what is happening around one: the woman was like a cat sleeping with one eye open, watching everything that went on

sleep around

informal have many casual sexual partners: I had stopped sleeping around, and returned to an almost chaste state

sleep in

remain asleep or in bed later than usual in the morning:life assumes a different rhythm on the weekend; we sleep in, cut the grass, wash the car

sleep something off

dispel the effects of or recover from something by going to sleep:she thought it wise to let him sleep off his hangover

sleep out

sleep outdoors:they slept out all night by the river

sleep over

North American spend the night at a place other than one’s own home:Katie was asked to sleep over with Jenny

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