Antonyms for sleep


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : sleep
Phonetic Transcription : slip


Definition of sleep

Origin :
  • Old English slæpan "to be or fall asleep; be dormant or inactive" (class VII strong verb; past tense slep, past participle slæpen), from Proto-Germanic *slepan (cf. Old Saxon slapan, Old Frisian slepa, Middle Dutch slapen, Dutch slapen, Old High German slafen, German schlafen, Gothic slepan "to sleep"), from PIE root *sleb- "to be weak, sleep" (cf. Old Church Slavonic slabu "lax, weak," Lithuanian silpnas "weak"), which perhaps is connected to the root of slack (adj.). Sleep with "do the sex act with" is in Old English:
  • Gif hwa fæmnan beswice unbeweddode, and hire mid slæpe ... [Laws of King Alfred, c.900]
  • Related: Slept; sleeping. Sleep around first attested 1928.
  • noun suspension of consciousness
  • verb suspend consciousness
Example sentences :
  • The earth was like a slumbering babe, smiling in its sleep, because it dreams of Heaven.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • They say you couldn't walk in your sleep without spending money.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • PhÅ“bus protect me, but this is an awful place to speak of those who sleep.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • "You can sleep there," he said, pointing to a cot bed in the corner of the room.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • I'm nearer sunstroke myself than he is—not a wink of sleep for two nights now.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Losing a million a minute, even in sleep, he thought, was disquieting.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He went dazedly in to him,—and was awakened from the dream that he had been losing a fortune in his sleep.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • "Now, my son, don't you get to going without your sleep," began his mother.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Robert's suspicions were lulled to sleep, and he ceased to be as vigilant and watchful as he had been.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Bight hours was the time Mr. Gladstone permitted himself to sleep.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Synonyms for sleep

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