Main Entry:

²sleep

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

slept \ˈslept\ ; sleep·ing

Date:

before 12th century

intransitive verb 1 : to rest in a state of sleep 2 : to be in a state (as of quiescence or death) resembling sleep 3 : to have sexual relations —usually used with with transitive verb 1 : to be slumbering in <slept the sleep of the dead> 2 : to get rid of or spend in or by sleep <sleep away the hours> <sleep off a headache> 3 : to provide sleeping accommodations for <the boat sleeps six>