"sleep" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /sliːp/ Audio: en-us-sleep.ogg [US], en-uk-to sleep.ogg [UK] Forms: sleep [singular], sleeps [plural]
enPR: slēp Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Sleep is the activity or time of resting quietly with eyes shut, usually in bed for many hours at night.
    Sense id: simple-sleep-en-noun-ZPfbySxB

Verb [English]

IPA: /sliːp/ Audio: en-us-sleep.ogg [US], en-uk-to sleep.ogg [UK] Forms: sleep [canonical], sleeps [third-person, singular], slept [past], slept [past, participle], sleeping [present, participle]
enPR: slēp Head templates: {{verb2|sleep|sleeps|slept|slept|sleeping}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you sleep, you rest quietly with eyes shut, usually in bed for many hours at night.
    Sense id: simple-sleep-en-verb--QLq6p3I Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If you sleep with someone, you have sex with them.
    Sense id: simple-sleep-en-verb-j1cBXCEE Categories (other): Colloquial
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