2sleep noun
1 [noncount] : the natural state of rest during which your eyes are closed and you become unconscious
▪ I just need to get some sleep. ▪ How much sleep did you get last night? ▪ He was diagnosed with a sleep disorder. [=a medical problem that prevents him from sleeping normally] ▪ Her roommate talks/walks in her sleep. ▪ The baby cried himself to sleep. [=cried until he fell asleep] ▪ She sang the baby to sleep. [=she sang to the baby until it fell asleep] — see also rem sleep 2 [singular] : a period of sleep especially of a particular kind
▪ The noise woke her from a deep/light sleep. ▪ Sometimes all you need to feel better is a good night's sleep. [=a full night of sleep] ▪ (Brit) I think I'll go to my bedroom and have a sleep. 3 [noncount] informal : the dry substance that sometimes forms in the corners of your eyes while you are sleeping
▪ He woke up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.
▪ I just need to get some sleep. ▪ How much sleep did you get last night? ▪ He was diagnosed with a sleep disorder. [=a medical problem that prevents him from sleeping normally] ▪ Her roommate talks/walks in her sleep. ▪ The baby cried himself to sleep. [=cried until he fell asleep] ▪ She sang the baby to sleep. [=she sang to the baby until it fell asleep] — see also rem sleep
▪ The noise woke her from a deep/light sleep. ▪ Sometimes all you need to feel better is a good night's sleep. [=a full night of sleep] ▪ (Brit) I think I'll go to my bedroom and have a sleep.
▪ He woke up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.
get to sleep
: to succeed in beginning to sleep : to fall asleep
▪ It took me almost an hour to get to sleep last night. ▪ I woke up in the middle of the night, but I eventually got back to sleep. [=started sleeping again]
▪ It took me almost an hour to get to sleep last night. ▪ I woke up in the middle of the night, but I eventually got back to sleep. [=started sleeping again]
go to sleep 1 : to begin sleeping
▪ She lay down on the couch and went (right) to sleep. ▪ Tell the kids it's time to go to sleep. [=go to bed] ▪ After the party, I just wanted to go to sleep. 2 ◊If a part of your body (such as a foot or leg) goes to sleep, it is not able to feel anything for a brief time, usually because you have kept it in an awkward position for too long.
▪ I have to move because my foot is going to sleep.
▪ She lay down on the couch and went (right) to sleep. ▪ Tell the kids it's time to go to sleep. [=go to bed] ▪ After the party, I just wanted to go to sleep.
▪ I have to move because my foot is going to sleep.
in your sleep
◊If you can do something in your sleep, you can do it very easily because you have done it many times before.
▪ She could bake those cookies in her sleep. ▪ I can drive that route in my sleep.
▪ She could bake those cookies in her sleep. ▪ I can drive that route in my sleep.
lose sleep over
: to worry about (something) so much that you cannot sleep — usually used in negative statements ▪ I'm disappointed about their decision, but I'm not losing any sleep over it. ▪ I wouldn't lose sleep over it if I were you.
put to sleep 1 put (an animal) to sleep : to give (a sick or injured animal) drugs that will make it die without pain
▪ We had to put my cat to sleep last week. 2 put (someone) to sleep a informal : to use a drug to make (someone) unconscious before a medical operation : to give (someone) anesthesia before a medical operation
▪ The doctor put the patient to sleep.
b : to get (someone) ready to sleep for the night
▪ Did you put the kids to sleep? [=did you put the kids to bed?]
c : to make someone fall asleep from boredom
▪ That movie practically put me to sleep. ▪ Her lectures used to put him to sleep.
▪ We had to put my cat to sleep last week.
▪ The doctor put the patient to sleep.
b : to get (someone) ready to sleep for the night
▪ Did you put the kids to sleep? [=did you put the kids to bed?]
c : to make someone fall asleep from boredom
▪ That movie practically put me to sleep. ▪ Her lectures used to put him to sleep.
