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• heavy sleeper — phrase someone who does not wake easily when they are sleeping Thesaurus: sleepers and describing sleephyponym to sleep, or to go to sleepsynonym Main entry: sleeper * * * heavy sleeper : someone who does not wake up easily • • • …   Useful english dictionary

• heavy sleeper — someone who does not wake easily when they are sleeping …   English dictionary

• heavy — heav|y1 W1S1 [ˈhevi] adj comparative heavier superlative heaviest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(weight)¦ 2¦(amount/degree/severity)¦ 3¦(needing physical effort)¦ 4¦(needing mental effort)¦ 5 heavy going 6 be heavy on something 7 heavy with something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sleeper — sleep|er [ˈsli:pə US ər] n 1.) someone who sleeps in a particular way light sleeper (=someone who wakes easily) heavy sleeper (=someone who does not wake easily) 2.) someone who is asleep ↑sleeper 3.) BrE a heavy piece of wood or ↑concrete that… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sleeper — UK [ˈsliːpə(r)] / US [ˈslɪpər] noun [countable] Word forms sleeper : singular sleeper plural sleepers 1) someone who is sleeping 2) a train with beds for passengers to sleep in a) a railway carriage that has beds in it for passengers to sleep in… …   English dictionary

• sleeper — noun (C) 1 a) a heavy sleeper someone who does not wake easily b) a light sleeper someone who wakes easily 2 someone who is asleep 3 a train with carriages that have beds for passengers to sleep in, or a bed on this kind of train 4 especially BrE …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• heavy — 1 / hevi/ adjective heavier, heaviest 1 WEIGHT weighing a lot: I can t lift this case it s too heavy. | The baby seemed to be getting heavier and heavier in her arms. | how heavy? (=how much does it weigh): How heavy is the parcel? opposite light …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• heavy — adj., n., & adv. adj. (heavier, heaviest) 1 of great or exceptionally high weight; difficult to lift. 2 a of great density. b Physics having a greater than the usual mass (esp. of isotopes and compounds containing them). 3 abundant, considerable… …   Useful english dictionary

• sleeper — sleep|er [ slipər ] noun count ▸ 1 someone sleeping ▸ 2 train with beds ▸ 3 popular movie/book ▸ 4 part of railroad track ▸ 5 ring worn in ear 1. ) someone who is sleeping a ) heavy sleeper someone who does not wake easily when they are sleeping… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sleeper — [ˈsliːpə] noun [C] 1) someone who is sleeping a light/heavy sleeper (= someone who wakes/does not wake easily)[/ex] 2) a train with beds for passengers to sleep in 3) British one of the large pieces of wood that support a railway track …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• sleeper — [[t]sli͟ːpə(r)[/t]] sleepers 1) N COUNT: adj N You can use sleeper to indicate how well someone sleeps. For example, if someone is a light sleeper, they are easily woken up. I m a very light sleeper and I can hardly get any sleep at all... Poor… …   English dictionary