1
as in rested
to be in a state of sleep
the baby slept for the entire length of the car trip found the night watchman sleeping at his post
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2
as in bred
to engage in sexual intercourse
if I don't read the tabloids, how will I know who is sleeping with whom this week?
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Recent Examples of slept
Their everyday lives consisted of slogging through an intense tour schedule and stuffing all four members into one hotel room — sometimes, lead singer Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley even slept on the hotel room floor.
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
Her friends slept on the floor in her dorm room beside her.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Inmates slept one to a cell and urinated in buckets.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Hernandez has slept next to his mobile home at night to protect his possessions inside.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Name a queen who slept on bedsheets with higher thread count than you last night?
—Bill Hoogterp, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
Around the full moon, participants experienced a 30 percent drop in deep-sleep brain activity, took five minutes longer to fall asleep, and slept 20 minutes less overall.
—Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
That Thursday night, some white people brought cots and slept outside near the gallows.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Officials said one of the doors led to where Shapiro’s family and guests slept.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
Her friends slept on the floor in her dorm room beside her.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Inmates slept one to a cell and urinated in buckets.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Hernandez has slept next to his mobile home at night to protect his possessions inside.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Name a queen who slept on bedsheets with higher thread count than you last night?
—Bill Hoogterp, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
Around the full moon, participants experienced a 30 percent drop in deep-sleep brain activity, took five minutes longer to fall asleep, and slept 20 minutes less overall.
—Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
That Thursday night, some white people brought cots and slept outside near the gallows.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Officials said one of the doors led to where Shapiro’s family and guests slept.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slept
Verb
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Lane’s defense rested at trial without presenting any witnesses.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Few experiences rival the calm satisfaction of falling asleep easily and waking up feeling fully rested.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Hermann Farm museum also includes a collection of historic buildings along with beautiful Shire horses—large, gentle animals bred, raised, and trained on the farm.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Originally bred as a guide dog in the 1960s, the standard goldendoodle—a crossbreed of a golden retriever and poodle—weighs an average of 50 to 90 pounds.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The deep seat is just asking to be napped on.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
23 Oct. 2025
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People between 50 and 60 years old who got six hours of sleep nightly had a higher risk of dementia later in life, while older adults who didn't sleep well at night, but napped often, had a greater risk of dying within the next five years.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The engine is mated to a four-speed manual transmission.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2025
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In particular, screens mated to computers, the most flexible machines ever invented.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Slept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slept. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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