Tra từ sleep - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sleep [sleep sleeps slept sleeping] verb, noun BrE [sliːp] NAmE [sliːp]
verb (slept, sleptBrE [slept] ; NAmE [slept] )
1. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active
•to sleep well/deeply/soundly/badly
• I couldn't sleep because of the noise.
• 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)? It is more common to say that somebody is asleep than to say that somebody is sleeping. Sleep can only be used in the passive with a preposition such as in or on
•It was clear her bed hadn't been slept in.
2. transitive, no passive ~ sb to have enough beds for a particular number of people
•The apartment sleeps six.
•The hotel sleeps 120 guests.
more at live/sleep rough at ↑rough _adv., not sleep a ˈwink at ↑wink _n.
Verb forms:

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

Thesaurus:
sleep verb I
•Try not to sleep during the day.
doze • • nap • |informal snooze • |literary slumber •
sleep/doze lightly/fitfully

Synonyms:
sleep
doze • nap • snooze
These words all mean to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active.
sleep • to rest with your eyes shut and your mind and body not active: ▪ Did you sleep well? ◇ ▪ I couldn't sleep last night.
It is more usual to say that sb is asleep than that they are sleeping; but if you use an adverb to say how they are sleeping, use sleeping: ▪ ‘What's Ashley doing?’ ‘Sh! She's asleep.’ ◇ ▪ The baby was sleeping peacefully. ◇ The baby was asleep peacefully.
doze • to sleep lightly, waking up easily, often when you are not in bed: ▪ He was dozing in front of the TV.
nap • to sleep for a short time, especially during the day.
snooze • (informal) to sleep lightly for a short time, especially during the day and usually not in bed: ▪ My brother was snoozing on the sofa.
to sleep/doze lightly/fitfully
to doze/snooze gently

Example Bank:
•Did you sleep well last night?
•He was exhausted and slept deeply.
•I couldn't sleep so I got up and went downstairs.
•I had to sleep on my back for the first few days after the accident.
•I haven't slept properly for weeks.
•I only slept for four hours that night.
•I've been having trouble sleeping lately.
•Let them sleep late on Saturday morning if they want to.
•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.
•She slept right through the storm.
•The children were all sleeping soundly.
•Very few babies sleep through the night.
•We can at least sleep easy at night, knowing that we are safe.
•We had to have our dog put to sleep.
•We slept overnight at the beach.
•When the murderer is caught we can all sleep easier in our beds at night.
•You must be very tired. Try to sleep a little.
•You should always put babies to sleep on their backs.
•the problem of young people who sleep rough in the streets
•Be quiet— I'm trying to sleep!
•Good night, sleep tight.
•He ended up sleeping rough on the streets of London.
•He had to sleep on the sofa.
•He lay there for hours, sleeping fitfully.
•He slept soundly that night.
•Her bed hadn't been slept in.
•I slept late, and didn't hear the news till midday.
•I usually sleep like a log.
•Jody was sleeping like a baby.
•John slept deeply that night and woke up refreshed.
•Let her sleep— it'll do her good.
•No, I slept pretty badly.
•She couldn't sleep a wink.
•She hardly slept at all the following night.
•She slept at her sister's house last night.
•She slept solidly for ten hours.
•She usually sleeps lightly.
•The baby was sleeping peacefully.
•We can all sleep more easily now.
Idioms: ↑able to do something in your sleep ▪ ↑go to sleep ▪ ↑let sleeping dogs lie ▪ ↑not lose lose no sleep over something ▪ ↑put somebody to sleep ▪ ↑put something to sleep ▪ ↑sleep like a log ▪ ↑sleep tight
Derived: ↑sleep around ▪ ↑sleep in ▪ ↑sleep on something ▪ ↑sleep over ▪ ↑sleep something off ▪ ↑sleep together ▪ ↑sleep with somebody

noun
1. uncountable the natural state of rest in which your eyes are closed, your body is not active, and your mind is not conscious
• I need to get some sleep.
• I didn't get much sleep last night.
•Can you give me something to help me get to sleep (= start sleeping)?
•Go to sleep — it's late.
•He cried out in his sleep.
•Anxiety can be caused by lack of sleep.
•His talk nearly sent me to sleep (= it was boring).
•Try to go back to sleep.
2. singular a period of sleep
• Did you have a good sleep?
• Ros fell into a deep sleep.
•I'll feel better after a good night's sleep (= a night when I sleep well).
3. uncountable (informal)the substance that sometimes forms in the corners of your eyes after you have been sleeping
•Ned rubbed the sleep from his eyes.
more at not get/have a wink of sleep at ↑wink _n.

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

Example Bank:
•Don't lose sleep over it— we'll sort everything out in the morning.
•He drifted in and out of sleep all night.
•He often walks and talks in his sleep.
•He woke from a fitful sleep with a headache.
•I feigned sleep when the nurse came around.
•I feigned sleep when the ticket inspector came round.
•I immediately fell into a dead sleep.
•I snatched a few hours' sleep in the afternoon.
•I used Saturday to catch up on my sleep.
•I was in a deep sleep when the phone rang.
•I was suffering from a lack of sleep.
•I woke up early after a disturbed sleep.
•I won't get a wink of sleep with that noise downstairs.
•I'm off to bed for some much-needed sleep.
•She turned over and went back to sleep.
•Sleep came to her in snatches.
•Sleep finally overtook me.
•Sorry but I need my beauty sleep.
•The quiet music soon sent her to sleep.
•They seem to survive on only a few hours' sleep a night.
•Tom was in the front room sleeping the sleep of the dead.
•You'll feel better after a good night's sleep.
•a decreased heart rate during sleep
•the nation's most commonly prescribed sleep aid
•the use of drugs to induce sleep
•Anxiety can be caused by lack of sleep.
•Go to sleep — it's late.
•He cried out in his sleep.
•His talk nearly sent me to sleep.
•I can't get to sleep.
•I didn't get much sleep last night.
•I need to get some sleep.
•Rose fell into a deep sleep.
•Try to go back to sleep.