Definition

to sleep: to close your eyes and rest (usually in bed at night) verb
I went to sleep very late last night, so I'm tired today.

This is an irregular verb:
I sleep / I slept / I have slept
sleep: the state of rest for body and mind noun
sleep debt
to sleep with (someone): to have sex with (someone); to rest in the same bed as (someone) idiom
  • "Sleepin' on the job, sleepin' on the job"
  • "The article is about sleep?"
  • "He just sleeps!"
  • "Owner : He's not sleeping."
  • "School-aged children and teens need at least 9 hours of sleep a night."
  • "Too lazy to move and just sleep..."
  • "Bruno : And that sometimes I sleep with men."
  • "This replaces my previous endeavor of sleeping with as many people as possible."
  • "Shh, sleep now."

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