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sleep-in

  [sleep-in]
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–adjective
1. live-in (def. 1).
–noun
2. a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
Origin:
1950–55; adj., n. use of v. phrase sleep in
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live-in

  [liv-in]
–adjective
1. Also, sleep-in. residing at the place of one's employment: a live-in maid.
2. living in a cohabitant relationship.
–noun
3. a live-in person.
Origin:
1950–55; adj., n. use of v. phrase live in (a place)

sleep

  [sleep] verb, slept, sleep⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
2. Botany. to assume, esp. at night, a state similar to the sleep of animals, marked by closing of petals, leaves, etc.
3. to be dormant, quiescent, or inactive, as faculties.
4. to be careless or unalert; allow one's alertness, vigilance, or attentiveness to lie dormant: While England slept, Germany prepared for war.
5. to lie in death: They are sleeping in their tombs.
–verb (used with object)
6. to take rest in (a specified kind of sleep): He slept the sleep of the innocent.
7. to accommodate for sleeping; have sleeping accommodations for: This trailer sleeps three people.
8. to spend or pass in sleep (usually fol. by away or out): to sleep the day away.
9. to recover from the effects of (a headache, hangover, etc.) by sleeping (usually fol. by off or away).
–noun
10. the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
11. a period of sleeping: a brief sleep.
12. dormancy or inactivity.
13. the repose of death.
14. sleeper (def. 10).
—Verb phrases
15. sleep around, Informal. to have sexual relations with many partners, esp. in a casual way; be sexually promiscuous.
16. sleep in,
a. (esp. of domestic help) to sleep where one is employed.
b. to sleep beyond one's usual time of arising.
17. sleep on, to postpone making a decision about for at least a day: to sleep on a proposal till the end of the week.
18. sleep out,
a. (esp. of domestic help) to sleep away from one's place of employment.
b. Chiefly Northern U.S. to sleep away from one's home.
c. to sleep outdoors.
19. sleep over, to spend one or more nights in a place other than one's own home: Two friends will sleep over this weekend.
20. sleep together, to be sexual partners; have a sexual relationship.
21. sleep with, to have sexual relations with.
—Idiom
22. put to sleep, to put (an animal) to death in a humane way: to put a sick old dog to sleep.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE slēp (Anglian), slǣp, slāp; c. D slaap, G Schlaf, Goth slēps; (v.) ME slepen, OE slēpan, slǣpan, slāpan, c. OS slāpan, Goth slēpan

Related forms:
sleepful, adjective
sleeplike, adjective

Synonyms:
1. slumber, nap, drowse, doze. 10. rest, repose. 11. nap.
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sleep   (slēp)   
n.  
    1. A natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body, in which the eyes usually close and consciousness is completely or partially lost, so that there is a decrease in bodily movement and responsiveness to external stimuli. During sleep the brain in humans and other mammals undergoes a characteristic cycle of brain-wave activity that includes intervals of dreaming.
    2. A period of this form of rest.
    3. A state of inactivity resembling or suggesting sleep; unconsciousness, dormancy, hibernation, or death.
  2. Botany The folding together of leaflets or petals at night or in the absence of light.
  3. A crust of dried tears or mucus normally forming around the inner rim of the eye during sleep.
v.   slept (slěpt), sleep·ing, sleeps

v.   intr.
  1. To be in the state of sleep or to fall asleep.
  2. To be in a condition resembling sleep.
v.   tr.
  1. To pass or get rid of by sleeping: slept away the day; went home to sleep off the headache.
  2. To provide sleeping accommodations for: This tent sleeps three comfortably.
  3. To sleep at one's place of employment: a butler and a chauffeur who sleep in.
    1. To oversleep: I missed the morning train because I slept in.
    2. To sleep late on purpose: After this week's work, I will sleep in on Saturday.
  5. To sleep at one's own home, not at one's place of employment.
  6. To sleep away from one's home.
Phrasal Verb(s):
sleep around Informal To be sexually active with more than one partner.
sleep in
  1. To sleep at one's place of employment: a butler and a chauffeur who sleep in.
    1. To oversleep: I missed the morning train because I slept in.
    2. To sleep late on purpose: After this week's work, I will sleep in on Saturday.
sleep onTo think about (something) overnight before deciding.
sleep out
  1. To sleep at one's own home, not at one's place of employment.
  2. To sleep away from one's home.
sleep overTo spend the night as a guest in another's home.
sleep togetherTo have sexual relations.
sleep withTo have sexual relations with.

Idiom(s):
sleep like a log/rockTo sleep very deeply.

[Middle English slepe, from Old English slæp; see slēb- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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sleep in

  1. Sleep at one's place of employment, as in They have a butler and maid who both sleep in. [First half of 1800s]

  2. Sleep late, either accidentally or deliberately. For example, I slept in and missed my usual train, or On weekends we like to sleep in. [Late 1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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