sleep
English
/sliːp/, /slip/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
- (intransitive) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- (transitive) To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- (transitive) To accommodate in beds.
- (transitive) To be slumbering in (a state).
- (intransitive) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
- (intransitive) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
- (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
- (computing) To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
- (computing) To place into a state of hibernation.
- (transitive)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English slepen inherited from Old English slǣpan inherited from *slāpan inherited from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną (sleep).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*slēpaną
Gloss
sleep
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
寝, 眠, 睡
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisleep English
- asleep English
- autosleep English
- besleep English
- bound English
- cold English
- coldsleep English
- cosleep English
- cosleeper English
- cryosleep English
- daysleeper English
- dog English
- dogsleep English
- driving English
- eat English
- electrosleep English
- forsleep English
- fuck English
- half-asleep English
- hypersleep English
- insleeper English
- microsleep English
- midsleep English
- nonsleep English
- nonsleeper English
- nonsleepy English
- outsleep English
- over English
- oversleep English
- oversleeper English
- postsleep English
- presleep English
- resleeper English
- sack English
- shirt English
- sleep-eat English
- sleep-fuck English
- sleepable English
- sleepaholic English
- sleepbound English
- sleepdriving English
- sleepeat English
- sleeper English
- sleeperette English
- sleeperless English
- sleepest English
- sleepeth English
- sleepful English
- sleepfulness English
- sleepies English
- sleepily English
- sleepiness English
- sleepish English
- sleepless English
- sleeplessly English
- sleeplessness English
- sleeplike English
- sleepness English
- sleepover English
- sleepsack English
- sleepshirt English
- sleepsuit English
- sleeptalk English
- sleeptalker English
- sleepwaker English
- sleepwaking English
- sleepwalk English
- sleepwalker English
- sleepward English
- sleepwear English
- sleepwise English
- sleepwort English
- sleepwrite English
- sleepy English
- sleepyhead English
- sleepytime English
- suit English
- talk English
- talker English
- unasleep English
- undersleep English
- unsleep English
- unsleepable English
- unsleepy English
- waker English
- waking English
- walk English
- walker English
- wort English
- write English
- labo Latin
- Halbschlaf German
- Mittagsschlaf German
- Schlaf German
- Schlafanzug German
- Schlafenszeit German
- Schlafgemach German
- Schlafgänger German
- Schlafkrankheit German
- Schlaflied German
- Schlafmittel German
- Schlafmohn German
- Schlafmütze German
- Schlafrock German
- Schlafsaal German
- Schlafstadt German
- Schlafstörung German
- Schlaftablette German
- Schlaftrunk German
- Schlafwandler German
- Schlafzimmer German
- Schlafzustand German
- Schläfchen German
- Sekundenschlaf German
- Siebenschläfertag German
- Winterschlaf German
- ausschlafen German
- beschlafen German
- durchschlafen German
- einschlafen German
- entschlafen German
- hochschlafen German
- schlafen German
- schlaflos German
- schlafwandeln German
- verschlafen German
- *leb- Proto-Indo-European
- *slab- Proto-Indo-European
- *hliwjaną Proto-Germanic
- *slēpaną Proto-Germanic
- シュラーフ Japanese
- beslæpan Old English
- slæpan Old English
- slǣpan Old English
- beslepen Middle English
- forslepen Middle English
- slepeles Middle English
- slepen Middle English
- slepwort Middle English
- slafan Old High German
- slāfan Old High German
- slāf Middle High German
- slāfen Middle High German
- entschlofen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- schlofen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐍀𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *slāpan gmw-pro
- slapan Old Dutch
- slāpan Old Dutch
- *lebäit'äk Proto-Finnic
- slāpen Middle Low German
- dorslaafan Cimbrian
- slaafan Cimbrian
- slaafar Cimbrian
- slafan Cimbrian
- slavan Cimbrian
- slapan Old Saxon
- schlaaffe Alemannic German
- schlaafä Alemannic German
- schloafe Alemannic German
- schloafen Alemannic German
- schlofe Alemannic German
- schlàfu Alemannic German
- schlàwol Alemannic German
- slip Volapük
- slipön Volapük
- slip Tok Pisin
- slapen Low German
- schloven Mòcheno
- Schlof Pennsylvania German
- Schlofschtubb Pennsylvania German
- schlipen Crimean Gothic
- dog
- eat
- wort
- talk
- walk
- suit
- sack
- fuck
- over
- cold
- bound
- write
- waker
- shirt
- waking
- walker
- sleepy
- asleep
- talker
- sleeper
- besleep
- unsleep
- cosleep
- driving
- unasleep
- nonsleep
- presleep
- forsleep
- sleepest
- sleepies
- sleepeth
- dogsleep
- sleepily
- outsleep
- sleepish
- midsleep
- sleepful
- sleepeat
- unsleepy
- sleepwear
- nonsleepy
- sleepable
- sleepwise
- sleepness
- oversleep
- antisleep
- sleepsuit
- postsleep
- sleeplike
- sleep-eat
- sleepless
- autosleep
- sleepwort
- sleepward
- sleeptalk
- sleepwalk
- coldsleep
- insleeper
- sleepover
- cryosleep
- resleeper
- cosleeper
- sleepsack
- sleepyhead
- daysleeper
- nonsleeper
- undersleep
- hypersleep
- sleepiness
- sleepytime
- sleepshirt
- sleepbound
- sleepwrite
- sleep-fuck
- sleepwaker
- microsleep
- sleepwaking
- sleepwalker
- sleeperless
- oversleeper
- half-asleep
- sleepaholic
- sleeplessly
- sleeptalker
- sleeperette
- unsleepable
- sleepfulness
- sleepdriving
- electrosleep
- sleeplessness