to rest with your eyes closed, as you do at night I sleep for eight hours every night. Did you sleep well? Which word? Asleep or sleeping? You use sleeping , not asleep , before a noun: She put the sleeping child in his crib.
We use fall asleep or go to sleep to talk about starting to sleep: Laura fell asleep as soon as she got into bed. ♦ Tom read for half an hour before he went to sleep.
sleep ovei to sleep at someone else's house
sleep 2©/slip /noun
1 [ noncount ] the natural condition of rest when your eyes are closed and your mind and body are not active or conscious
didn't get any sleep last night.
[ singular ] a period of sleep
I sometimes have a short sleep in the afternoon. go to sleep
to start to sleep
I got into bed and soon went to sleep. —SYNONYM fall asleep Which word? Asleep or sleeping?
You use sleeping , not asleep , before a noun: She put the sleeping child in his crib.
We use fall asleep or go to sleep to talk about starting to sleep: Laura fell asleep as soon as she got into bed. ♦ Tom read for half an hour before he went to sleep.
sleep • ing bag
/ ' slipig Ьжд / noun [count]
a big, warm bag that you sleep in when you go camping
sleep • less / ' sliplas / adjective
without sleep I had a sleepless night.
sleep • y / slipi / adjective ( sleep . i er , sleep i est )
1 tired and ready to sleep
feel sleepy after that big meal.
quiet, with not many things happening a sleepy little town
sleet / slit / noun [ noncount ]
snow and rain together
sleeve О / sliv/ noun [ count ]
the part of a coat, dress, shirt, etc. that covers your arm a shirt with short sleeves
— Look at the picture at clothes .
sleigh / sb /
noun [ count ]
a large vehicle with pieces of metal or wood instead of wheels that you sit in to move over snow. A sleigh is usually pulled by animals.
-*Look at sled .
slen • der / ' slendar / adjective
thin, in an attractive way She has long, slender legs.
slept
form of sleep
slice Ф / slais / noun
[ count ]
a thin piece that you cut off bread, meat, or other food Would you like a slice of cake? She cut the bread into slices.
—Look at the picture at bread .
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piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the rest of it. This is a very general word and can be used with most noncount nouns: She wrote her address on a piece of paper. ♦ He cut the pizza into small pieces. ♦ a piece of fruit ♦ a piece of advice
slice a thin, flat piece of food that has been cut off a larger piece: Would you like another slice of cake? ♦ Cut the meat into thin slices. ♦ a slice of lemon/tomato ♦ cheese slices
chunk a thick, solid piece that has been cut or broken off something: There were chunks of ice floating in the lake. ♦ a great big chunk of meat ♦ a chunk of cheese/bread
lump a piece of something hard or solid, especially
one without any particular shape: This sauce has lumps
in it. ♦ a few lumps of coal ♦ a big lump of dough
slab a thick, flat piece of stone, ice, or food: a huge
slab of concrete ♦ paving slabs
slice verb ( slic es , slic ing , sliced )
Slice the onions.
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