"go to sleep" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes to sleep [present, singular, third-person], going to sleep [participle, present], went to sleep [past], gone to sleep [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> to sleep}} go to sleep (third-person singular simple present goes to sleep, present participle going to sleep, simple past went to sleep, past participle gone to sleep)
  1. To fall asleep. Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: fall asleep
    Sense id: en-go_to_sleep-en-verb-bGpHDSYH Disambiguation of Sleep: 92 8 0
  2. (idiomatic, figurative) To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-go_to_sleep-en-verb-D3ba-VTm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 66 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 72 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 60 6
  3. (euphemistic) To die. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-go_to_sleep-en-verb-jx6TKsZL Categories (other): English euphemisms

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for go to sleep meaning in English (2.3kB)

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