OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3211

sleep

/sliːp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dormición • sueño
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.
chele • chelito • chinguiña • lagaña • legaña • magaña • pitarra • pitaña
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).
But it rings And we rise, Wipe the sleep out of our eyes[…]
When she had rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and wept till she was tired, she set out on her way and walked for many, many a day, till she at last came to a big mountain.
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