Phrase Hound found 139 phrases and 93 compound words that contain sleep. The most common are listed below. Open sleep in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 139
- put to sleepTo cause (someone) to sleep.
- go to sleepTo fall asleep.
- sleep apneaBrief interruptions of breathing during sleep.
- lack of sleepThe condition of not having slept enough at any given time without any specification of cause. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- sleep overTo spend the night as a guest in someone's home.
- deep sleepUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see deep, sleep.
- sleep deprivationThe condition of being kept awake and not getting enough sleep (as forcibly by someone else, or by a disorder), to the point of noticeably lower alertness.
- sleep modethe state of a computer system in which the drives and interfaces are switched off, and the only task running is monitoring external activity, particularly awaiting a keypress which restores the system to its active state from the random …
- sleep disorderA medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal.
- goes to sleepthird-person singular simple present indicative of go to sleep: To fall asleep.
- going to sleeppresent participle and gerund of go to sleep
- went to sleepsimple past of go to sleep
- sleep disordersplural of sleep disorder: A medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal.
- gone to sleeppast participle of go to sleep: To fall asleep.
- sleep wellA farewell said shortly before going to bed; usually said between family members or good friends.
- sleep tightIf one keeps oneself tightly bundled one will sleep warm and rest well.
- sleep talkAlternative form of sleeptalk: To talk unconsciously in one's sleep.
- sleep scheduleA pattern of sleeping and waking; especially a regular pattern of sleeping and waking designed to promote health.
- sleep debtThe cumulative effect of not obtaining enough sleep, especially as seen as able to be made up for by sleeping more than usual.
- sleep togetherTo have sex with each other.
- dead sleepA particularly sound sleep
- sleep of the justA deep and worry-free sleep.
- REM sleepThe stage of sleep during which most brain activity and dreams occur, characterised by rapid eye movement (REM).
- sleep paralysisThe normal paralysis of the body that occurs during REM sleep.
- big sleepDeath.
Compound words 93
- asleepIn a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
- sleepyTired; feeling the need for sleep.
- sleeperSomeone who sleeps.
- sleeplessCharacterized by an absence of sleep: wakeful.
- sleepoverThe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.
- sleepwalkerA somnambulist; one who walks, or is active, while asleep.
- sleepwalkTo walk or perform other actions while sleeping; to somnambulate.
- sleepsuitClothing for sleeping in; pyjamas.
- unsleepSleeplessness; wakefulness.
- halfsleepState between being awake and being asleep; light sleep.