Sleep I Slept Sleeping Sliːp Night Verb Sleep—It'll

• let her sleep—it'll do her good.
• to sleep well
• to sleep deeply/soundly/peacefully/badly
• i couldn't sleep because of the noise.

sleep

Verb Forms

1. to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active
• Let her sleep—it'll do her good.
• to sleep well
• to sleep deeply/soundly/peacefully/badly
• I couldn't sleep because of the noise.
• I can't sleep at night and I'm stressed all the time.
• It was nice to sleep in my own bed again.
• They now sleep in separate rooms.
• He told me I could sleep on the floor at his place.
• I had to sleep on the sofa.
• He slept solidly for ten hours.
• I slept at my sister's house last night (= stayed the night there).
• We both slept right through (= were not woken up by) the storm.
• She only sleeps for four hours a night.
• We sometimes sleep late at the weekends (= until late in the morning).
• I put the sleeping baby down gently.
• What are our sleeping arrangements here (= where shall we sleep)?

Extra Examples

• Did you sleep well last night?
• No, I slept pretty badly.
• He was exhausted and slept deeply.
• I had to sleep on my back for the first few days after the accident.
• I haven't slept properly for weeks.
• I've been having trouble sleeping lately.
• She always slept very lightly so I had to be careful not to wake her.
• She felt as if she had hardly slept.
• She scolded him for sleeping so long.
• The children were all sleeping soundly.
• Very few babies sleep through the night.
• We slept overnight at the beach.
• When the murderer is caught we can all sleep easier in our beds at night.
• Be quiet—I'm trying to sleep!
• He lay there for hours, sleeping fitfully.
2. to have enough beds for a particular number of people
• The apartment sleeps six.
• The hotel sleeps 120 guests.
3. to relax and stop worrying
• You can rest easy—I'm not going to tell anyone.
• I can sleep easy knowing that she's safely home.
4. to avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments
5. to live or sleep outdoors, usually because you have no home and no money
• RELATED NOUN rough sleeper
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rough-sleeper
• young people sleeping rough on the streets
6. to not be able to sleep
• I didn't get a wink of sleep last night.
• I hardly slept a wink.
7. to relax and stop worrying
• I can sleep easy knowing that she's safely home.
8. to sleep very well
• He was so tired after all his exertions, he slept like a baby.
• I usually sleep like a log.
9. used especially to children before they go to bed to say that you hope they sleep well
• Goodnight, sleep tight!

Word Origin

• Old English slēp, slǣp (noun), slēpan, slǣpan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slapen and German schlafen.