to sleep outdoors

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• sleep — [slēp] n. [ME slep < OE slæp, akin to Ger schlaf, sleep, schlaff, loose, lax < IE * slab < base * (s)leb , * (s)lab , loose, slack > LIP, LIMP1, L labor, to slip, sink] 1. a) a natural, regularly recurring condition of rest for the… …   English World dictionary

• sleep out — {v.} 1. To sleep outdoors. * /The Scouts plan to sleep out next Saturday./ 2. To go home at night instead of sleeping at the place where you work. * /Mrs. Jones maid sleeps in, but her cook sleeps out./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• sleep out — {v.} 1. To sleep outdoors. * /The Scouts plan to sleep out next Saturday./ 2. To go home at night instead of sleeping at the place where you work. * /Mrs. Jones maid sleeps in, but her cook sleeps out./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• sleep rough — To sleep out of doors, esp because of being homeless • • • Main Entry: ↑rough * * * I Brit. sleep in uncomfortable conditions, typically out of doors II see rough * * * live/sleep ˈrough idiom ( …   Useful english dictionary

• sleep out — verb work in a house where one does not live our cook lives out; he can easily commute from his home • Syn: ↑live out • Ant: ↑live in (for: ↑live out) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• sleep-out — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: sleep out 1. Australia : a place for sleeping outdoors; especially : sleeping porch …   Useful english dictionary

• sleep — sleepful, adj. sleeplike, adj. /sleep/, v., slept, sleeping, n. v.i. 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. Bot. to… …   Universalium

• sleep — sleep1 W2S1 [sli:p] v past tense and past participle slept [slept] 1.) to rest your mind and body, usually at night when you are lying in bed with your eyes closed →↑asleep, oversleep ↑oversleep ▪ I usually sleep on my back. ▪ Did you sleep well… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sleep — 1 /sli:p/ verb past tense and past participle slept /slept/ 1 REST (I) to rest your mind and body by being asleep: I normally sleep on my back. | You re welcome to stay if you don t mind sleeping on the floor. | sleep well/soundly: Did you sleep… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sleep\ out — v 1. To sleep outdoors. The Scouts plan to sleep out next Saturday. 2. To go home at night instead of sleeping at the place where you work. Mrs. Jones maid sleeps in, but her cook sleeps out …   Словарь американских идиом

• sleep out — intransitive verb Date: 1818 to sleep outdoors …   New Collegiate Dictionary