{
    "term": "sleep",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "sleep",
            "heSheIt": "sleeps"
        },
        "pastSimple": "slept",
        "pastParticiple": "slept",
        "ingForm": "sleeping"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Let her sleep—it'll do her good."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **sleep well**",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to sleep deeply/soundly/peacefully/badly"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **couldn't sleep** because of the noise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't **sleep at night** and I'm stressed all the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was nice to **sleep in** my own **bed** again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They now **sleep in** separate **rooms**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He told me I could **sleep on the floor** at his place."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had to sleep on the sofa."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He slept solidly for ten hours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I slept at my sister's house last night *(= stayed the night there)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We both slept right through *(= were not woken up by)* the storm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She only sleeps for four hours a night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We sometimes **sleep late** at the weekends *(= until late in the morning)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I put the sleeping baby down gently."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What are our **sleeping arrangements here** *(= where shall we sleep)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you sleep well last night?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "No, I slept pretty badly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was exhausted and slept deeply."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had to sleep on my back for the first few days after the accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I haven't slept properly for weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've been having trouble sleeping lately."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She always slept very lightly so I had to be careful not to wake her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt as if she had hardly slept."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She scolded him for sleeping so long."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children were all sleeping soundly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Very few babies sleep through the night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We slept overnight at the beach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the murderer is caught we can all sleep easier in our beds at night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Be quiet—I'm trying to sleep!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He lay there for hours, sleeping fitfully."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["properly", "soundly", "well"],
                "verb + sleep": ["be unable to", "cannot", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["for", "through", "with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "have trouble sleeping",
                    "not sleep a wink",
                    "sleep like a baby"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to have enough beds for a particular number of people",
            "sensetop": "sleep somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The apartment sleeps six."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hotel sleeps 120 guests."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to relax and stop worrying",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can rest easy—I'm not going to tell anyone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can sleep easy knowing that she's safely home."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to live or sleep outdoors, usually because you have no home and no money",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "young people sleeping rough on the streets"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to not be able to sleep",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I didn't get a wink of sleep last night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hardly slept a wink."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to relax and stop worrying",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can sleep easy knowing that she's safely home."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to sleep very well",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was so tired after all his exertions, he slept like a baby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I usually sleep like a log."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used especially to children before they go to bed to say that you hope they sleep well",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Goodnight, sleep tight!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sliːp/",
                "audio": "sl/sleep/sleep__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sliːps/",
                "audio": "sl/sleep/sleeps__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slept/",
                "audio": "sl/sleep/slept__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsliːpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sl/sleep/sleeping__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sliːp/",
                "audio": "sl/sleep/sleep__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sliːps/",
                "audio": "sl/sleep/sleeps__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slept/",
                "audio": "sl/sleep/slept__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsliːpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sl/sleep/sleeping__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English slēp, slǣp (noun), slēpan, slǣpan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slapen and German schlafen."
}