sleep
/sliːp/ verb (past tense and past participle slept)Translation
› [I] to be in the state of rest when your eyes are closed, your body is not active, and your mind is unconscious
uyumak
We had to sleep in the car that night. Did you sleep well?566 sleep four/six, etc › If a place sleeps four, six, etc, it is big enough for that number of people to sleep in.
çok kişinin uyuyabileceği/kalabileceği yer
773sleep on it › to wait until the next day before making a decision about something important so that you can think about it carefully
→ See also not sleep a wink sleep in phrasal verb karar vermeden önce düşünmek, düşünüp taşınmak
1559 › to sleep longer in the morning than you usually do
sleep sth off phrasal verb uzun süre uyumak, uyuya kalmak
566 › to sleep until you feel better, especially after drinking too much alcohol
sleep over phrasal verb (içkiden sonra) etkisini uyuyarak gidermek
566 › to sleep in someone else's home for a night
sleep through sth phrasal verb başkasının evinde kalmak/yatmak/uyumak
After the party, I slept over at Tom's house.566 › to continue to sleep although there is noise
sleep with sb phrasal verb informal gürültüye rağmen uyumaya devam etmek/uyanmamak
I don't know how you slept through the storm.566 › to have sex with someone
yatmak, cinsel ilişkide bulunmak, sevişmek
632(Definition of sleep verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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