"close one's eyes" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-close one's eyes.ogg Forms: closes one's eyes [present, singular, third-person], closing one's eyes [participle, present], closed one's eyes [participle, past], closed one's eyes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} close one's eyes (third-person singular simple present closes one's eyes, present participle closing one's eyes, simple past and past participle closed one's eyes)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see close, one's, eyes. Derived forms: close one's eyes and think of England, close one's eyes for the last time Translations (to close one's eyes): চোখ বোজা (cōkh bōja) (Bengali), blunda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-close_one's_eyes-en-verb-yWno1peG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 18 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 22 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 10 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 65 18 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 74 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 75 12 12 Disambiguation of "to close one's eyes": 96 4 0
  2. (idiomatic) To ignore something. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to ignore): sulkea silmänsä (Finnish), ummistaa silmänsä (Finnish), fermer les yeux (French), ignorer (French), pievērt acis (Latvian), piemiegt acis (Latvian), закры́ть глаза́ (zakrýtʹ glazá) (Russian), смотре́ть сквозь па́льцы (smotrétʹ skvozʹ pálʹcy) (Russian), blunda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-close_one's_eyes-en-verb-AmBhuukh Disambiguation of 'to ignore': 1 99 0
  3. (idiomatic) To sleep. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to sleep): blunda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-close_one's_eyes-en-verb-1T5ola59 Disambiguation of 'to sleep': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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