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slept

[slept] / slɛpt /

VERB

suspend consciousness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bed down doze fall asleep languish relax snooze

STRONG

bunk catnap crash dream drowse flop hibernate nap nod oversleep repose rest retire slumber snore yawn

WEAK

catch a wink catch forty winks conk out cop some z's drop off fall out hit the hay hit the sack nod off sack out saw wood take a nap turn in zonk out zzz

Antonyms

STRONGEST

grow

STRONG

be active energize

WEAK

wake waken

Example Sentences

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O’Brien makes no mention of apartheid or his time in South Africa in his book While America Slept.

From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2019

Slept on a cot in his office to make a point about how Janesville, Wisconsin and not Washington, D.C. was his real home?

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2019

Rip Van Tinkle: Slept for two whole decades, but had to get up every couple years to pee.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2019

Tracey Emin’s “Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995” was one of the works destroyed in the fire.

From Economist • May 10, 2018

“I’m good. Slept it off. Now back for more,” Uncle Jet said with a sly smile.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young