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Sleep With

Definition: Sleep With

Sleep With

Verb

1. Have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic); "Were you ever intimate with this man?".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Sleep With

Synonyms: bang (v), be intimate (v), bed (v), bonk (v), do it (v), eff (v), fuck (v), get it on (v), get laid (v), have a go at it (v), have intercourse (v), have it away (v), have it off (v), have sex (v), hump (v), jazz (v), know (v), lie with (v), love (v), make love (v), make out (v), screw (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Sleep With

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Care

Look sharp, look about one; look with one's own eyes; keep a good lookout, keep a sharp lookout; have all one's wits about one, have all one's eyes about one; watch for; (expect); keep one's eyes open, have the eyes open, sleep with one's eye open.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Sleep With

English words defined with "sleep with": callsnoringTo lie with. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sleep with": Ain'tDog-sleep, Dying SayingsFox's SleepTYMNET. (references)

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Modern Usage: Sleep With

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Do you still sleep with the lights on (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson)

Do you still sleep with a gun under your pillow (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein)

Girls are what you sleep with after the game, not, not what you coach during the game (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele)

When you sleep with someone, your body make a promise whether you do or not. (Vanilla Sky; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil)

And as punishment, I should get to sleep with Elaine (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Lyrics

Or tell me who to eat with sleep with (Goody Two Shoes; performing artist: Adam Ant)

He puts the boys to sleep with boogie every night, (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; performing artist: Bette Midler)

Can I sleep with you tonight (Pretty Girl; performing artist: Jon B.)

Sleep with all out of sight (UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT; performing artist: Rolling Stones)

Where you sleep with voodoo dolls (Building A Mystery; performing artist: Sarah McLachlan)

Movie/TV Titles

To Sleep with Anger (1990)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Sleep With

DomainTitle

Books

  • Why Cowboys Sleep With Their Boots on (reference)

  • Don't Sleep With Your Drummer (reference)

  • I Do Not Sleep With Strangers: Confessions of a Tennis Pro (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Sleep With

Computer Images:
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Familiar Quotations: Sleep With

AuthorQuotation

Haliburton

To carry care to bed, is to sleep with a pack on your back.

Steven Wright

I can't wait to get arrested and go all the way to the witness stand. "Do you promise to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?" "Yes. You're ugly. See that woman in the jury? I'd really like to sleep with her. Should I keep goin' or are you gonna ask me some questions?"

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Sleep With

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Sleep of a cat, sleep with one eye.

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

[To RICHARD] Richard, thy wife, that wretched Anne thy wife That never slept a quiet hour with thee Now fills thy sleep with perturbations

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Sleep With

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Most people change the dialysis solution at least four times a day and sleep with solution in their abdomen at night. (references)

If a bedtime snack causes heartburn, sleep with your head raised on pillows, and be careful that you are not eating too large a bedtime snack. (references)

The donor is put to sleep with a light general anesthesia, and bone marrow is removed through a large needle inserted into the pelvic bone in the lower back. A small amount of marrow is removed from each of several sites. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Sleep With

Expressions using "sleep with": sleep with one eye open sleep with one's eye open. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sleep With

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sleep with the angel

445

to sleep with anger

3

sleep with snoring

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Sleep With

Language Translations for "sleep with"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏إضطجع مع. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

спя с (sleep together), имам полови отношения с (shag, sleep together). (various references)

   

Czech

  

spát na pùl oka (sleep with one eye open), spát jako zajíc (sleep with one eye open). (various references)

   

French

  

se coucher avec. (various references)

   

German

  

schlafen mit. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κάνω έρωτα (make love, woo). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

valakivel hál. (various references)

   

Italian

  

andare a letto con. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

人妻と寝る (to sleep with another person's wife), 女と交わる (to sleep with a woman). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

お"なとまじわる (to sleep with a woman), ひとずまとねる (to sleep with another person's wife). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eepslay ithway.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

dormir com (lie with). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

acostarse con (lie with, take to bed). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sevişmek (bang, bill, have sex, jump, lay, lie with, make love, pet, shag), yatmak (bang, be couched, couch, go to bed, go to sleep, have a screw, hit the hay, hit the sack, incline, kip, kip down, lay, lay oneself down, lie, lie down, lie up, recline, repose, repose oneself, rest, turn in), ilişkiye girmek (copulate, couple, have intercourse with, jazz, jump, screw), cinsel ilişkiye girmek (have a screw, have sex, hump, jazz, lie with, shag). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Sleep With

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 39, Verse 7
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai egeneto meta ta rhmata tauta kai epebalen h gunh tou kuriou autou touV ofqalmouV authV epi iwshf kai eipen koimhqhti met' emou
Latin405VulgatePost multos itaque dies iecit domina oculos suos in Ioseph et ait dormi mecum
Middle English1395WyclifAnd so after many dayes the ladi keste hir eyen in Joseph, and seith, Sleep with me;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd it fortuned after this that his masters wife cast hir eyes vpon Ioseph and sayde come lye with me.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph: and she said, Lie with me.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Sleep With

LanguageGenesis Chapter 39, Verse 7
CebuanoUg nahitabo nga sa tapus niining mga butanga, nga ang asawa sa iyang agalon kanunay nga nagtutok sa iyang mga mata kang Jose, ug miingon siya: Umari ka; umipon ka sa paghigda kanako.
Chinese這 事 以 後 、 約 瑟 主 人 的 妻 以 目 送 情 給 約 瑟 、 說 、 與 我 同 寢 罷 。
CroatianPoslije nekog vremena žena njegova gospodara zagleda se u Josipa i reèe mu: "Legni sa mnom!"
DanishNu hændte det nogen Tid derefter, at hans Herres Hustru kastede sine Øjne på Josef og sagde: "Kom og lig hos mig!"
DutchEn het geschiedde na deze dingen, dat de huisvrouw zijns heren haar ogen op Jozef wierp; en zij zeide: lig bij mij!
FinnishMutta Joosefilla oli kaunis vartalo ja kauniit kasvot. Ja tapahtui jonkun ajan kuluttua, että hänen isäntänsä puoliso iski silmänsä Joosefiin ja sanoi: "Makaa minun kanssani".
FrenchAprès ces choses, il arriva que la femme de son maître porta les yeux sur Joseph, et dit: Couche avec moi!
GermanUnd es begab sich nach dieser Geschichte, daß seines Herrn Weib ihre Augen auf Joseph warf und sprach: Schlafe bei mir!
Haitian Creole¶ Se konsa madanm mèt li a vin tonbe pou li. Li di l': -vin kouche avè m' non!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSelang beberapa waktu, istri Potifar mulai berahi kepada Yusuf, lalu pemuda itu diajaknya tidur bersama.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka sekali peristiwa kemudian dari pada segala perkara ini, bahwa isteri tuannya jatuhlah mata kepada Yusuf, lalu katanya: Seketiduranlah kiranya engkau dengan aku.
Maori¶ A, i muri i enei mea, ka anga nga kanohi o te wahine a tona ariki ki a Hohepa; a ka mea ia, Takoto taua.
NorwegianOg nogen tid efter hendte det at hans herres hustru kastet sine øine på Josef og sa: Kom og ligg hos mig!
PortugueseE aconteceu depois destas coisas que a mulher do seu senhor pôs os olhos em José, e lhe disse: Deita-te comigo.   
RumanianDupq cktqva vreme, s`a kntkmplat cq nevasta stqpknului squ a pus ochii pe Iosif, wi a zis: ,,Culcq-te cu mine!``
SwedishOch efter en tid hände sig att hans herres hustru kastade sina ögon på Josef och sade: "Ligg hos mig."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Sleep With

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-l-p-s-t-w"

-2 letters: epistle, peewits, pelites, sheltie, whistle.

-3 letters: elites, lethes, listee, peewit, pelite, pestle, pewits, spilth, stipel, swiple, swithe, wheels, wheeps, whelps, whiles, whilst, whites, withes.

-4 letters: elite, heels, heils, heist, helps, hilts, islet, istle, leets, lethe, lewis, lithe, lweis, peels, peise, peles, pelts, pewit, piles, piste, piths, plews, plies, sheep, sheet, shiel, shlep, sleep.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-l-p-s-t-w"
 

+3 letters: pennywhistle, whippletrees.

 

+4 letters: pennywhistles.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Bible Trace
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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