ENGLISH: sleep - CREOLE: andòmi



Overview of noun sleep



The noun sleep has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (23) sleep, slumber -- (a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber")

2. (1) sleep, sopor -- (a torpid state resembling deep sleep)

3. sleep, nap -- (a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap")

4. rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus -- (euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep")



Overview of verb sleep



The verb sleep has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (58) sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's -- (be asleep)

2. sleep -- (be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people")

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