- sleep
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 condition of restADJECTIVE▪ deep▪ light▪ much-needed▪
I'm off to bed for some much-needed sleep.
▪ adequate▪ REMVERB + SLEEP▪ drift into, drift off to, drop off to, fall back to (AmE), get to, go to▪She turned over and went back to sleep.
▪ cry yourself to▪There are nights when I cry myself to sleep.
▪ catch, get, snatch▪Close your eyes and get some sleep now.
▪I snatched a few hours' sleep in the afternoon.
▪ need▪ survive on▪They seem to survive on only a few hours' sleep a night.
▪ induce, promote▪the use of drugs to induce sleep
▪ lull sb to, send sb to▪The quiet music soon sent her to sleep.
▪ drift in and out of▪He drifted in and out of sleep all night.
▪ lose (often figurative)▪Don't lose sleep over it—we'll sort everything out in the morning.
▪ disrupt, disturb, interrupt▪ catch up on▪I used Saturday to catch up on my sleep.
▪ feign▪I feigned sleep when the nurse came around.
SLEEP + VERB▪ come▪Sleep came to her in snatches.
▪ overcome sb, overtake sb▪Sleep finally overtook me.
SLEEP + NOUN▪ cycle, pattern, schedule (esp. AmE)▪ deprivation, loss▪ disorder▪ apnoea/apnea▪ aid (esp. AmE)▪the nation's most commonly prescribed sleep aid
PREPOSITION▪ during sleep▪a decreased heart rate during sleep
▪ in your sleep▪He often walks and talks in his sleep.
PHRASES▪ a lack of sleep▪I was suffering from a lack of sleep.
▪ a wink of sleep▪I won't get a wink of sleep with that noise downstairs.
2 period of sleepADJECTIVE▪ long▪ little, short▪ dead, deep, heavy, sound▪ uninterrupted▪ good, restful▪ light▪ disturbed, exhausted, fitful, restless, troubled, uneasy▪I woke up early after a disturbed sleep.
▪ dreamless, peaceful▪ drunken▪ beauty▪Sorry, but I need my beauty sleep.
VERB + SLEEP▪ need▪ have▪Did you have a good sleep?
▪ be in▪I was in a deep sleep when the phone rang.
▪ drift into, fall into, sink into▪I immediately fell into a dead sleep.
▪ awake (sb) from, awaken (sb) from, wake (sb) from▪He woke from a fitful sleep with a headache.
PHRASES▪ a good, poor, etc. night's sleep▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}You'll feel better after a good night's sleep.
verbADVERB▪ properly (esp. BrE), soundly, well▪The children were all sleeping soundly.
▪Did you sleep well last night?
▪You'll sleep better if you start to relax physically.
▪ comfortably, peacefully, quietly, safely▪ easily, quiet▪ easy▪We can at least sleep easy at night, knowing that we are safe.
▪When the murderer is caught we can all sleep easier in our beds at night.
▪ late, long▪Let them sleep late on Saturday morning if they want to.
▪She scolded him for sleeping so long.
▪ badly, fitfully, poorly, uneasily▪ deeply, heavily▪He was exhausted and slept deeply.
▪ lightly▪She always slept very lightly so I had to be careful not to wake her.
▪ barely, hardly▪She felt as if she had hardly slept.
▪ a little▪ alone▪ togetherVERB + SLEEP▪ be unable to, cannot▪I couldn't sleep so I got up and went downstairs.
▪ try to▪You must be very tired. Try to sleep a little.
▪ let sb▪ put sb/sth to▪You should always put babies to sleep on their backs.
▪We had to have our dog put to sleep (= humanely killed).
PREPOSITION▪ for▪I only slept for four hours that night.
▪ through▪She slept right through the storm.
▪Very few babies sleep through the night (= without waking up).
▪ with▪Everyone knows she sleeps with the boss.
PHRASES▪ have trouble sleeping▪I've been having trouble sleeping lately.
▪ not sleep a wink (= not sleep at all)▪I didn't sleep a wink last night.
▪ sleep like a baby, sleep like a log (= sleep very well)▪ sleep on your back, sleep on your front, sleep on your side, sleep on your stomach▪I had to sleep on my back for the first few days after the accident.
▪ sleep overnight▪We slept overnight at the beach.
▪ sleep outside, sleep rough (BrE)▪the problem of young people who sleep rough in the streets
Sleep is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑baby
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
