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sleep⋅er
[slee-per] 
–noun
| 1. | a person or thing that sleeps. |
| 2. | a heavy horizontal timber for distributing loads. |
| 3. | Building Trades.
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| 4. | a sleeping car. |
| 5. | Informal. something or someone that becomes unexpectedly successful or important after a period of being unnoticed, ignored, or considered unpromising or a failure: The play was the sleeper of the season. |
| 6. | merchandise that is not quickly sold because its value is not immediately recognized. |
| 7. | Often, sleepers. one-piece or two-piece pajamas with feet, esp. for children. |
| 8. | bunting 3 . |
| 9. | a sofa, chair, or other piece of furniture that is designed to open up or unfold into a bed; convertible. |
| 10. | Also called sleep, sand. a globule that forms at the inner corner of the eye, esp. during sleep, from the accumulated secretion of the glands of the eyelid. |
| 11. | any of several gobioid fishes of the family Eleotridae, of tropical seas, most species of which have the habit of resting quietly on the bottom. |
| 12. | Slang. a spy; mole. |
| 13. | Slang. a juvenile delinquent sentenced to serve more than nine months. |
| 14. | Bowling. a pin that is hidden from view by another pin. |
| 15. | Chiefly British. a timber or beam laid in a railroad track, serving as a foundation or support for the rails; tie. |
tie
[tahy] verb, tied, ty⋅ing, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail. |
| 2. | to draw together the parts of with a knotted string or the like: to tie a bundle tight. |
| 3. | to fasten by tightening and knotting the string or strings of: to tie one's shoes. |
| 4. | to draw or fasten together into a knot, as a cord: to tie one's shoelace. |
| 5. | to form by looping and interlacing, as a knot or bow. |
| 6. | to fasten, join, or connect in any way. |
| 7. | Angling. to design and make (an artificial fly). |
| 8. | to bind or join closely or firmly: Great affection tied them. |
| 9. | Informal. to unite in marriage. |
| 10. | to confine, restrict, or limit: The weather tied him to the house. |
| 11. | to bind or oblige, as to do something. |
| 12. | to make the same score as; equal in a contest. |
| 13. | Music. to connect (notes) by a tie. |
–verb (used without object)
| 14. | to make a tie, bond, or connection. |
| 15. | to make or be the same score; be equal in a contest: The teams tied for first place in the league. |
–noun
—Verb phrases| 16. | that with which anything is tied. |
| 17. | a cord, string, or the like, used for tying, fastening, binding, or wrapping something. |
| 18. | a necktie. |
| 19. | a low shoe fastened with a lace. |
| 20. | a knot, esp. an ornamental one; bow. |
| 21. | anything that fastens, secures, or unites. |
| 22. | a bond or connection, as of affection, kinship, mutual interest, or between two or more people, groups, nations, or the like: family ties; the ties between Britain and the U.S. |
| 23. | a state of equality in the result of a contest, as in points scored, votes obtained, etc., among competitors: The game ended in a tie. |
| 24. | a match or contest in which this occurs. |
| 25. | any of various structural members, as beams or rods, for keeping two objects, as rafters or the haunches of an arch, from spreading or separating. |
| 26. | Music. a curved line connecting two notes on the same line or space to indicate that the sound is to be sustained for their joint value, not repeated. |
| 27. | Also called, especially British, sleeper. Railroads. any of a number of closely spaced transverse beams, usually of wood, for holding the rails forming a track at the proper distance from each other and for transmitting train loads to the ballast and roadbed. |
| 28. | bride 2 (def. 1). |
| 29. | Surveying. a measurement made to determine the position of a survey station with respect to a reference mark or other isolated point. |
| 30. | tie down, to limit one's activities; confine; curtail: He finds that a desk job ties him down. |
| 31. | tie in,
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| 32. | tie off, to tie a cord or suture around (a vein, blood vessel, or the like) so as to stop the flow within. |
| 33. | tie up,
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| 34. | tie one on, Slang. to get drunk: Charlie sure tied one on last night! |
| 35. | tie the knot. knot 1 (def. 18). |
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME te(i)gh cord, rope, OE tēagh, tēgh, c. ON taug rope; (v.) ME tien, OE tīgan, deriv. of the n.; cf. ON teygja to draw. See tug, tow 1
bef. 900; (n.) ME te(i)gh cord, rope, OE tēagh, tēgh, c. ON taug rope; (v.) ME tien, OE tīgan, deriv. of the n.; cf. ON teygja to draw. See tug, tow 1
Synonyms:
6. unite, link, knit, yoke, lock. 11. obligate, constrain. 17. rope, band, ligature. 18. cravat. 22. See bond.
6. unite, link, knit, yoke, lock. 11. obligate, constrain. 17. rope, band, ligature. 18. cravat. 22. See bond.
Antonyms:
1. loose, loosen.
1. loose, loosen.
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Sleeper
Sleep"er\, n. 1. One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person. 2. That which lies dormant, as a law. [Obs.] --Bacon. 3. A sleeping car. [Colloq. U.S.] 4. (Zo["o]l.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear. 5. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix). (b) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.Sleeper
Sleep"er\, n. [Cf. Norw. sleip a sleeper (a timber), as adj., slippery, smooth. See Slape.] Something lying in a reclining posture or position. Specifically: (a) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece. (b) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story. [U.S.] (c) (Naut.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter. (d) (Naut.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
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Language Translation for : sleeper
Spanish:
durmiente,
German:
der, *die Schläfer(in),
Japanese:
眠っている人
sleeper
c.1225, "one who sleeps, one who is inclined to sleep much," agent noun of sleep (v.). Meaning "railroad sleeping car" is from 1875. Sense of "something whose importance proves to be greater than expected" first attested 1892, originally in Amer.Eng,. sports jargon, probably from earlier gambling slang (1856) sense of "unexpected winning card." Meaning "spy, enemy agent, etc. who remains undercover for a long time before attempting his purpose" first attested 1955, originally in ref. to communist agents in the West.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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sleeper
any of the marine and freshwater fishes of the family Eleotridae of the suborder Gobioidei (order Perciformes). Sleepers, found in warm and tropical regions, are so named because most species habitually lie quietly on the bottom. They are elongated fishes with two dorsal fins and are distinguished from most other gobies in having their pelvic fins separate, rather than joined to form a weak, rounded suction cup
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