[{"word":"sleeps","phonetic":"/sliːps/","phonetics":[{"text":"/sliːps/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"You should sleep 8 hours a day."},{"definition":"(of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To accommodate in beds.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"This caravan can sleep four people comfortably."},{"definition":"To be slumbering in (a state).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to sleep a dreamless sleep"},{"definition":"To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be dead; to lie in the grave.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps"},{"definition":"To wait for a period of time without performing any action.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again."},{"definition":"To place into a state of hibernation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I really need some sleep."},{"definition":"An act or instance of sleeping.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I’m just going to have a quick sleep."},{"definition":"(metonymically) A night.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"There are only three sleeps till Christmas!"},{"definition":"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).","synonyms":["crusty","gound","sleeper","sleepy","sleepy dust"],"antonyms":[],"example":"Wipe the sleep from your eyes."},{"definition":"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"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The hibernation of animals.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["bed booger","eye bogey","eye bogie","eye booger","eye crust","eye goop","eye gunk","eye sand","eye snot","eye-snot","sleepies","sleepy booger","crusty","gound","sleeper","sleepy","sleepy dust","nyctinasty","nyctitropism"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sleep","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sleeps"]}]