word-vault
Version:
A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
255 lines (254 loc) • 8.56 kB
JSON
{
"term": "sleep",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "sleep",
"heSheIt": "sleeps"
},
"pastSimple": "slept",
"pastParticiple": "slept",
"ingForm": "sleeping"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Let her sleep—it'll do her good."
},
{
"text": "to **sleep well**",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "to sleep deeply/soundly/peacefully/badly"
},
{
"text": "I **couldn't sleep** because of the noise."
},
{
"text": "I can't **sleep at night** and I'm stressed all the time."
},
{
"text": "It was nice to **sleep in** my own **bed** again."
},
{
"text": "They now **sleep in** separate **rooms**."
},
{
"text": "He told me I could **sleep on the floor** at his place."
},
{
"text": "I had to sleep on the sofa."
},
{
"text": "He slept solidly for ten hours."
},
{
"text": "I slept at my sister's house last night *(= stayed the night there)*."
},
{
"text": "We both slept right through *(= were not woken up by)* the storm."
},
{
"text": "She only sleeps for four hours a night."
},
{
"text": "We sometimes **sleep late** at the weekends *(= until late in the morning)*."
},
{
"text": "I put the sleeping baby down gently."
},
{
"text": "What are our **sleeping arrangements here** *(= where shall we sleep)*?"
},
{
"text": "Did you sleep well last night?"
},
{
"text": "No, I slept pretty badly."
},
{
"text": "He was exhausted and slept deeply."
},
{
"text": "I had to sleep on my back for the first few days after the accident."
},
{
"text": "I haven't slept properly for weeks."
},
{
"text": "I've been having trouble sleeping lately."
},
{
"text": "She always slept very lightly so I had to be careful not to wake her."
},
{
"text": "She felt as if she had hardly slept."
},
{
"text": "She scolded him for sleeping so long."
},
{
"text": "The children were all sleeping soundly."
},
{
"text": "Very few babies sleep through the night."
},
{
"text": "We slept overnight at the beach."
},
{
"text": "When the murderer is caught we can all sleep easier in our beds at night."
},
{
"text": "Be quiet—I'm trying to sleep!"
},
{
"text": "He lay there for hours, sleeping fitfully."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["properly", "soundly", "well"],
"verb + sleep": ["be unable to", "cannot", "try to"],
"preposition": ["for", "through", "with"],
"phrases": [
"have trouble sleeping",
"not sleep a wink",
"sleep like a baby"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to have enough beds for a particular number of people",
"sensetop": "sleep somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The apartment sleeps six."
},
{
"text": "The hotel sleeps 120 guests."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to relax and stop worrying",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can rest easy—I'm not going to tell anyone."
},
{
"text": "I can sleep easy knowing that she's safely home."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to live or sleep outdoors, usually because you have no home and no money",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "young people sleeping rough on the streets"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to not be able to sleep",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I didn't get a wink of sleep last night."
},
{
"text": "I hardly slept a wink."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to relax and stop worrying",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can sleep easy knowing that she's safely home."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to sleep very well",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was so tired after all his exertions, he slept like a baby."
},
{
"text": "I usually sleep like a log."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used especially to children before they go to bed to say that you hope they sleep well",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Goodnight, sleep tight!"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sliːp/",
"audio": "sl/sleep/sleep__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sliːps/",
"audio": "sl/sleep/sleeps__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slept/",
"audio": "sl/sleep/slept__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsliːpɪŋ/",
"audio": "sl/sleep/sleeping__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sliːp/",
"audio": "sl/sleep/sleep__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sliːps/",
"audio": "sl/sleep/sleeps__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slept/",
"audio": "sl/sleep/slept__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsliːpɪŋ/",
"audio": "sl/sleep/sleeping__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English slēp, slǣp (noun), slēpan, slǣpan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slapen and German schlafen."
}