English-Dutch translations for sleep

  • slaap
    Ik 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' .
  • slapen
    Ik 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
  • 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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