sleep
71sleep-in — adjective Date: 1951 that lives at the place of employment < a sleep in maid > …
72sleep on — verb To consider after a period of sleep, implying a decision will be made the next day …
73Sleep — This curious surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is either a topographical name from residence by a marsh or miry place, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century slaep , mud, mire, marsh, or a locational name from any of the various… …
74sleep on — Synonyms and related words: adjourn, continue, defer, delay, drag out, entertain, extend, hang fire, hang up, hold off, hold over, hold up, inquire into, lay aside, lay by, lay over, pigeonhole, postpone, prolong, prorogate, prorogue, protract,… …
75sleep — [OE] Sleep comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *slǣpan, which also produced German schlafen and Dutch slapen. Its ancestry has not been pieced together in detail, but it is related to Dutch slap ‘sluggish’ and German schlaff ‘slack, loose’,… …
76sleep on it — think about something, consider, decide later I will have to sleep on it tonight but I will give you an answer tomorrow …
77sleep in — remain asleep or in bed later than usual in the morning. → sleep …
78sleep on it — to not make an immediate decision about a plan or idea, but to wait until the next day in order to have more time to think about it. You don t have to give me your decision now. Sleep on it, and let me know tomorrow …
79sleep — 1. noun Syn: nap, doze, siesta, catnap; informal snooze, forty winks, shut eye; Brit.; informal kip; literary slumber Ant: wakefulness 2. verb Syn: be asleep, doze, take a siesta, take a nap, catnap …
80sleep-in — /ˈslip ɪn/ (say sleep in) noun an occasion on which one remains sleeping till well after one s usual hour of arising from bed …
