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Definition of Sleep in

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

2. Verb. Live in the house where one works. "Our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her"

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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