--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 55 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/55/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 55 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Slate is a hard dark grey rock that splits into thin flat sheets.[↗](../../slate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A slate is a thin piece of this rock used to cover a roof, or in the past for children to write on with chalk.[↗](../../slate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A slate is a list of candidates or a plan of things, as in «a slate of films».[↗](../../slate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK, informal) To slate something means to criticise it very harshly.[↗](../../slate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (mostly US) To be slated for something means it is planned or expected.[↗](../../slate/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A clean slate means a fresh start where past mistakes are forgotten.[↗](../../slate/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old cottage has a slate roof.[↗](../../slate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Victorian children wrote sums on slates with chalk.[↗](../../slate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Slate is made when shale is squeezed and heated.[↗](../../slate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A slate fell off the roof in the storm.[↗](../../slate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Critics slated the new film.[↗](../../slate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new library is slated to open next spring.[↗](../../slate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's wipe the slate clean and be friends again.[↗](../../slate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach picked a strong slate of players.[↗](../../slate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · As Uncle Remus came up Whitehall Street recently, he met a little colored boy carrying a slate and a number of books.[↗](../../slate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **slaughter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To slaughter animals means to kill them for food.[↗](../../slaughter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To slaughter people means to kill many of them cruelly, for example in a war.[↗](../../slaughter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) Slaughter is the killing of animals for meat, or the cruel killing of many people.[↗](../../slaughter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) To slaughter a team or player means to beat them very easily.[↗](../../slaughter/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "we got slaughtered 8–0".[↗](../../slaughter/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cattle are slaughtered to provide beef.[↗](../../slaughter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The battle ended in terrible slaughter.[↗](../../slaughter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We got slaughtered 7–0 in the final.[↗](../../slaughter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer sent the pigs to be slaughtered.[↗](../../slaughter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Like lambs to the slaughter" means going without knowing the danger.[↗](../../slaughter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wolves slaughtered several sheep in the night.[↗](../../slaughter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm still continuing, he was obliged to slaughter his yoke oxen for food.[↗](../../slaughter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh — the same is the King's Vale.[↗](../../slaughter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.14.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slaughter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Presumably, the anatomy of slaughtered livestock would have been fairly familiar to many writers and readers of the time, while blessedly few indeed would have had first-hand knowledge of human innards.\][↗](../../slaughter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") Like what did He make them?[↗](../../slaughter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (A city) \[strife\].[↗](../../slaughter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../slaughter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus said the LORD my God: 'Feed the flock of slaughter; (Prophets ZEC.11.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slaughter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock.[↗](../../slaughter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.11.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slaughter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.[↗](../../slaughter/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slaughter/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **slaughterhouse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place where farm animals such as cows, pigs, sheep and chickens are killed for their meat.[↗](../../slaughterhouse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) A place or event where many people are killed.[↗](../../slaughterhouse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cattle are taken to a slaughterhouse before their meat is sold.[↗](../../slaughterhouse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Laws say animals must be treated without cruelty at the slaughterhouse.[↗](../../slaughterhouse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old slaughterhouse in town is now a museum.[↗](../../slaughterhouse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people became vegetarian after learning about slaughterhouses.[↗](../../slaughterhouse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Vets check the animals at the slaughterhouse.[↗](../../slaughterhouse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Kurt Vonnegut's novel, a slaughterhouse in Dresden gives the book its name.[↗](../../slaughterhouse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **slave** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A slave is a person who is owned by another person and forced to work without pay or freedom.[↗](../../slave/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To slave or slave away is to work very hard.[↗](../../slave/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Dad slaved over the dinner."[↗](../../slave/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A slave to something is a person who is controlled by it, like "a slave to fashion".[↗](../../slave/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Israelites were slaves in Egypt.[↗](../../slave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Harriet Tubman helped many slaves escape to freedom.[↗](../../slave/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It is wrong for any person to own another as a slave.[↗](../../slave/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum slaved away in the kitchen all afternoon.[↗](../../slave/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The slave trade was ended after a long campaign.[↗](../../slave/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be a slave to your phone\![↗](../../slave/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our coach is a real slave driver.[↗](../../slave/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The slave went back to her mistress.[↗](../../slave/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **slavery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Slavery is the cruel system in which people are owned by other people, forced to work for no pay and have no freedom.[↗](../../slavery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Slavery is also the state of being a slave.[↗](../../slavery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Slavery can describe very hard work or control that feels like being owned, as in "modern slavery".[↗](../../slavery/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Slavery is against the law in every country today.[↗](../../slavery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Harriet Tubman led many people out of slavery.[↗](../../slavery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (Bible) Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.[↗](../../slavery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · William Wilberforce campaigned to end slavery in the British Empire.[↗](../../slavery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · At Passover, Jewish families remember the escape from slavery.[↗](../../slavery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Modern slavery still happens, and police work to stop it.[↗](../../slavery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Frederick Douglass wrote about his life in slavery.[↗](../../slavery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was collected at last, and the knight released from slavery and misery.[↗](../../slavery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · These are double, because their opposites take part in life, opposed to Life is Death; to Peace, War; to Riches, Poverty; to Beauty or Reputation, Deformity or Disrepute; to Wisdom, Ignorance; to Fruitfulness, Sterility; to Power, Slavery.[↗](../../slavery/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../slavery/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **slavic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Slavic means about the Slavs, a large group of peoples in eastern and central Europe, or about their languages.[↗](../../slavic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Slavic languages are a family of related languages, such as Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian.[↗](../../slavic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ukrainian and Polish are Slavic languages.[↗](../../slavic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Slavic languages share many similar words.[↗](../../slavic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some Slavic languages use the Cyrillic alphabet.[↗](../../slavic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She is learning about Slavic folk tales.[↗](../../slavic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Slavic peoples live mostly in eastern and central Europe.[↗](../../slavic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "Babushka" is a Slavic word for grandmother.[↗](../../slavic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **slavonic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with the Slavs, the peoples of central and eastern Europe such as Ukrainians, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Serbs, Croats, Bulgarians and Russians, or with their languages.[↗](../../slavonic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Old Church Slavonic is an old Slavic language used in church services and early books of Orthodox Christians.[↗](../../slavonic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Slavonia is also a region of Croatia; «Slavonian» describes it.[↗](../../slavonic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ukrainian and Polish are both Slavonic languages.[↗](../../slavonic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dvořák's Slavonic Dances are lively pieces of music.[↗](../../slavonic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The priest read the prayers in Church Slavonic.[↗](../../slavonic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Slavonic languages use the Cyrillic alphabet.[↗](../../slavonic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend is learning a Slavonic language: Czech.[↗](../../slavonic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Slavonic peoples live across eastern and central Europe.[↗](../../slavonic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Troyan is also the name of a mythical king who often figures in Slavonic legends.[↗](../../slavonic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **slay** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old, literary) To kill violently, especially in battle or a story.[↗](../../slay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang) To do something brilliantly or look amazing: «You slayed that dance!».[↗](../../slay/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) To make someone laugh a lot: «That joke slays me.».[↗](../../slay/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight set off to slay the dragon.[↗](../../slay/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, David slew the giant Goliath.[↗](../../slay/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You slayed that song at the talent show\![↗](../../slay/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her costume totally slays.[↗](../../slay/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That cartoon slays me every time.[↗](../../slay/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many soldiers were slain in the battle.[↗](../../slay/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Do not slay me," he said.[↗](../../slay/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.' — (Torah EXO.4.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slay/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses.[↗](../../slay/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slay/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person.[↗](../../slay/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.27.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slay/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.[↗](../../slay/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.37.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slay/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.[↗](../../slay/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.94.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slay/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.[↗](../../slay/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.20.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slay/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **sled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (mainly US, Canada) A small vehicle that slides over snow, used by children for fun on hills; in the UK called a sledge, in Australia sometimes a toboggan.[↗](../../sled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bigger vehicle pulled by dogs or reindeer over snow and ice.[↗](../../sled/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To ride on a sled.[↗](../../sled/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* We went sledding.[↗](../../sled/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went sledding on the big hill.[↗](../../sled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog sled raced across the ice.[↗](../../sled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My sled can carry two children.[↗](../../sled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Always sled feet-first and away from trees.[↗](../../sled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sled went 60 metres in 10 seconds.[↗](../../sled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad pulled the sled up the hill again.[↗](../../sled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the UK we call it a sledge.[↗](../../sled/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sledding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Riding down a snowy hill on a sled (sledge).[↗](../../sledding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (American, informal) How easy or hard progress is: «tough sledding».[↗](../../sledding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went sledding on the big hill after school.[↗](../../sledding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Always go sledding feet first, not head first.[↗](../../sledding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pick a sledding hill with no trees at the bottom.[↗](../../sledding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sledding is faster on icy snow.[↗](../../sledding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad pulled us back up the hill after sledding.[↗](../../sledding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sledding hill was full of children on snow days.[↗](../../sledding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear warm gloves and a hat for sledding.[↗](../../sledding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Gravity pulls the sled down; friction slows it at the bottom.[↗](../../sledding/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sledge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sledge is a small vehicle with long, narrow runners instead of wheels, used for sliding over snow or ice, often down hills for fun.[↗](../../sledge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A large sledge can be pulled by dogs, horses or reindeer to carry people and things over snow.[↗](../../sledge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To sledge means to ride a sledge.[↗](../../sledge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In cricket in Australia and New Zealand, sledging means saying rude things to put a player off.[↗](../../sledge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went sledging on the hill after the snow fell.[↗](../../sledge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sit on the sledge feet first.[↗](../../sledge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The huskies pulled the sledge across the ice.[↗](../../sledge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Make sure no trees or roads are at the bottom of the sledge run.[↗](../../sledge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sledge slid fast because snow has little friction.[↗](../../sledge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister and I shared a red plastic sledge.[↗](../../sledge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Explorers used sledges to cross Antarctica.[↗](../../sledge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The cricketer was told off for sledging the batsman.[↗](../../sledge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Well, the firewood was cut up and piled on the sledge.[↗](../../sledge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.[↗](../../sledge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sledge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I make thee a new threshing-sledge having sharp teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.[↗](../../sledge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.41.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sledge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they have threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.[↗](../../sledge/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.1.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sledge/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **sleek** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (of hair or fur) Smooth, shiny and healthy-looking.[↗](../../sleek/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of shapes, cars, boats) Having a smooth, elegant shape, often fast-looking.[↗](../../sleek/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of people) Well-dressed and looking rich or too smooth.[↗](../../sleek/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The otter's fur was sleek and wet.[↗](../../sleek/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A sleek black cat sat on the wall.[↗](../../sleek/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sleek new train sped past.[↗](../../sleek/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dolphins have sleek bodies for fast swimming.[↗](../../sleek/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse's coat was sleek after brushing.[↗](../../sleek/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Water Rat was sleek and brown.[↗](../../sleek/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · From that day the Hen became fat and sleek, and never once laid another egg.[↗](../../sleek/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sleep** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To sleep is to rest with your eyes closed and your mind switched off, as you do at night.[↗](../../sleep/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sleep is the state of sleeping, or how much rest you get.[↗](../../sleep/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A sleepover is when a friend stays the night.[↗](../../sleep/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Go to sleep» means start sleeping; «put to sleep» can mean to give an animal a gentle death.[↗](../../sleep/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She sleeps 9 hours a night.[↗](../../sleep/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He slept from 9 pm to 7 am.[↗](../../sleep/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many hours does he sleep in a week?[↗](../../sleep/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby sleeps 3 hours more than her brother.[↗](../../sleep/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn off your screen an hour before you go to sleep.[↗](../../sleep/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bears sleep through the cold winter.[↗](../../sleep/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We slept in sleeping bags in the tent.[↗](../../sleep/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My leg has gone to sleep\![↗](../../sleep/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man went to sleep.[↗](../../sleep/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; (Torah DEU.24.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sleep/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said: 'Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.'[↗](../../sleep/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.28.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sleep/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus I was: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.[↗](../../sleep/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sleep/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord?[↗](../../sleep/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.44.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sleep/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?[↗](../../sleep/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sleep/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?[↗](../../sleep/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sleep/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **sleeper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person or animal who is asleep, or who sleeps in a certain way: a light sleeper.[↗](../../sleeper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A train with beds, or a bed on such a train.[↗](../../sleeper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, Australia) A heavy wooden or concrete beam under railway tracks (US: tie).[↗](../../sleeper/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK) A small earring that keeps a pierced ear open.[↗](../../sleeper/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Something that becomes a hit slowly; a hidden spy.[↗](../../sleeper/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad is a heavy sleeper; nothing wakes him.[↗](../../sleeper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We took the sleeper train to Scotland.[↗](../../sleeper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Railway sleepers hold the tracks in place.[↗](../../sleeper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm a light sleeper, so I need quiet.[↗](../../sleeper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sleeper hit became famous a year later.[↗](../../sleeper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She wears tiny gold sleepers in her ears.[↗](../../sleeper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But generally he sucks the blood of sleepers.[↗](../../sleeper/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sleepest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «sleepest» means «you sleep», a form of «sleep».[↗](../../sleepest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To sleep is to rest with your eyes closed and your mind switched off, as you do at night.[↗](../../sleepest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Feeling perfectly bewildered by my sudden return to life and light, I murmured to myself in Arabic, "Close thine eyes, and while thou sleepest Heaven will change thy fortune from evil to good."[↗](../../sleepest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) **sleepily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a drowsy way; half awake and ready to fall asleep.[↗](../../sleepily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She rubbed her eyes and yawned sleepily.[↗](../../sleepily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby murmured sleepily.[↗](../../sleepily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Is it morning yet?" he asked sleepily.[↗](../../sleepily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/54/) **55** [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/56/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 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