"dead sleep" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dead sleep.wav Forms: dead sleeps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} dead sleep (usually uncountable, plural dead sleeps)
  1. A particularly sound sleep Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-dead_sleep-en-noun-HkfeodWn
  2. The first sleep of the night in a biphasic sleep pattern, before the watch. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms (first sleep of the night): first sleep Translations (first sleep): premier somme (French), primo sonno (Italian), primus somnus (Latin), concubia nocte (Latin)
    Sense id: en-dead_sleep-en-noun-tzybMAxZ Disambiguation of Sleep: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of 'first sleep of the night': 16 84 Disambiguation of 'first sleep': 29 71

Inflected forms

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