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sleeps

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sleeps

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, sleeps is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofsleeps

1verb
  • To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

    Example: "You should sleep 8 hours a day."

  • (of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
  • To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
  • To accommodate in beds.

    Example: "This caravan can sleep four people comfortably."

  • To be slumbering in (a state).

    Example: "to sleep a dreamless sleep"

  • 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.

    Example: "a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps"

  • To wait for a period of time without performing any action.

    Example: "After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again."

  • To place into a state of hibernation.
1noun
  • The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.

    Example: "I really need some sleep."

  • An act or instance of sleeping.

    Example: "I’m just going to have a quick sleep."

  • (metonymically) A night.

    Example: "There are only three sleeps till Christmas!"

  • 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).

    Synonyms: crusty, gound, sleeper, sleepy, "sleepy dust"

    Example: "Wipe the sleep from your eyes."

  • 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.

    Synonyms: nyctinasty, nyctitropism

  • The hibernation of animals.

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