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sleep
Definition:
(nou) a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended (nou) a torpid state resembling deep sleep (nou) a period of time spent sleeping (nou) euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Phonetic Transcription:
sliːp
Examples:
That night, they hesitantly sleep in the same bed.
They had nothing to do but to sleep at night.
The rest of the 4 hours is sleep.
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