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sleep

sono

Definições

inglês > português

sleep

1. Substantivo. sono

2. Verbo. dormir

inglês > inglês

sleep

1. v. (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

You should sleep 8 hours a day.

2. v. (intransitive, of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not precessing.

3. v. To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

4. v. To accommodate in beds.

This caravan can sleep up to four people.

5. v. To be slumbering in (a state).

to sleep a dreamless sleep

6. v. (intransitive) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.

7. v. (intransitive) To be dead; to lie in the grave.

8. v. (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.

a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps

9. v. (computing, intransitive) To wait for a period of time without performing any action.

After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again.

10. v. =====Troponyms=====

11. v. (rest in a state of reduced consciousness) nap, doze, snooze

12. n. The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.

I really need some sleep.

We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem.

13. n. (informal) An act or instance of sleeping.

I’m just going to have a quick sleep.

14. n. (informal, by extension) A night.

There are only three sleeps till Christmas! -

15. n. Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).

Wipe the sleep from your eyes.

16. n. A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.

Synonyms: nyctinasty, nyctitropism

17. n. The hibernation of animals.

português > inglês

sono

1. n-m. sleep

2. n-m. sleepiness

Pronúncia

Exemplos

There was a rhythm in my sleep. When I woke up, I had lost it. Why did I leave the abandonment of myself, in which I lived?
    Houve um ritmo no meu sono. Quando acordei o perdi. Por que saí do abandono de mim mesmo, em que vivi?
The baby was in a deep sleep in his mother's arms.
    O bebê estava em sono profundo nos braços de sua mãe
I think I was dancing in my sleep.
    Eu acho que, no meu sonho, eu estava dançando.
He told me that I could sleep on the sofa.
    Ele me disse que eu poderia dormir no sofá.
I can sleep a lot better now.
    Agora consigo dormir muito melhor.

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