Definition of Sleep in

1. Verb. Sleep later than usual or customary. "On Sundays, I sleep in"

Exact synonyms: Sleep Late
Generic synonyms: Catch Some Z's, Kip, Log Z's, Sleep, Slumber

2. Verb. Live in the house where one works. "Our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her"
Exact synonyms: Live In
Generic synonyms: Board
Antonyms: Live Out

Definition of Sleep in

1. Verb. (intransitive) (idiomatic) To sleep late; to go on sleeping past one's customary or planned hour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleep In

sleep-debt
sleep-induced apnea
sleep-learning
sleep apnea
sleep apnea syndrome
sleep apnea syndromes
sleep apnoea
sleep debt
sleep deprivation
sleep disorder
sleep disorders
sleep dissociation
sleep drunkenness
sleep epilepsy
sleep in (current term)
sleep late
sleep like a baby
sleep like a log
sleep mask
sleep mode
sleep off
sleep on
sleep on it
sleep out
sleep over
sleep paralysis
sleep phase delay syndrome
sleep schedule
sleep spindle

Literary usage of Sleep in

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"... And in my arms ye'se lie and sleep, . S. Ca' the Ewes. Quoth I, l Before I sleep a wink, Epit. on a Ruling Elder. " Then sleep in silence ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(a) Sleep and Disorders of sleep in normal persons, consciousness temporarily disappears, in whole or in part, during sleep; in deep sleep, we are probably ..."

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