slept
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Definitions ofslept
- 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.
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