English-Dutch translations for sleep
- slaapIk slaap met een Ouzi op mijn kussen. I sleep with an Uzi under my pillow. Daarom zeg ik dus dat de slaap der rede monsters baart. This is why I said that the sleep of reason produces monsters. Ik onderstreep dat deze tekst een jaar lang de "slaap der rechtvaardigen" heeft geslapen. I would point out that, for one year, this text has been 'sleeping the sleep of the just' .
- slapenIk denk dat wij rustig kunnen gaan slapen. I believe we can sleep soundly in our beds. Wie zou boven op bommen vredig kunnen slapen? Who could sleep peacefully with bombs under the bed? Kunt u 's nachts met een gerust hart slapen, dames en heren? Can you sleep soundly at night, ladies and gentlemen?
- onderbrengen
- te slapen leggen
Definition of sleep
- To rest in a state of reduced consciousness
- To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion
- To cause to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion
- To accommodate in beds
- To be slumbering in (a state
- To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly
- To be dead; to lie in the grave
- To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant
- To wait for a period of time without performing any action
- To place into a state of hibernation
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- The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm
- An act or instance of sleeping
- A night
- Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of ''reduced consciousness''
- A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves
- The hibernation of animals
Examples
- You should sleep 8 hours a day
- When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not precessing.
- This caravan can sleep four people comfortably
- to sleep a dreamless sleep
- a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps
- After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again
- Sleep your way to good health.
- He hoped to sleep his troubles away.
- I really need some sleep
- We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem.
- I’m just going to have a quick sleep
- There are only three sleeps till Christmas!
- Wipe the sleep from your eyes
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