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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While Calvin slept downstairs, the spirits, evil or not, continued their antics.

From Literature

Islam went home, called her parents and slept briefly before checking into an hospital emergency room for nebulisers.

From BBC

It won’t misread a macro data print because it slept poorly or broke up with someone last night.

From MarketWatch

For the first time in a long time, I slept all night without waking up.

From Literature

Lately she slept until after I left for the mines, but I was so excited, I wanted to wake her and show her our fortune.

From Literature