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Definition: Sleep With |
Sleep WithVerb1. 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 WithSynonyms: 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) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Sleep With |
| English words defined with "sleep with": call ♦ snoring ♦ To lie with. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sleep with": Ain't ♦ Dog-sleep, Dying Sayings ♦ Fox's Sleep ♦ TYMNET. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
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) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
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?" |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
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 |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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) | ||
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Expressions using "sleep with": sleep with one eye open ♦ sleep with one's eye open. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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. | |
| 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. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 39, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai egeneto meta ta rhmata tauta kai epebalen h gunh tou kuriou autou touV ofqalmouV authV epi iwshf kai eipen koimhqhti met' emou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Post multos itaque dies iecit domina oculos suos in Ioseph et ait dormi mecum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And so after many dayes the ladi keste hir eyen in Joseph, and seith, Sleep with me; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And it fortuned after this that his masters wife cast hir eyes vpon Ioseph and sayde come lye with me. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph: and she said, Lie with me. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 39, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Ug 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 。 |
| Croatian | Poslije nekog vremena žena njegova gospodara zagleda se u Josipa i reèe mu: "Legni sa mnom!" |
| Danish | Nu hændte det nogen Tid derefter, at hans Herres Hustru kastede sine Øjne på Josef og sagde: "Kom og lig hos mig!" |
| Dutch | En het geschiedde na deze dingen, dat de huisvrouw zijns heren haar ogen op Jozef wierp; en zij zeide: lig bij mij! |
| Finnish | Mutta Joosefilla oli kaunis vartalo ja kauniit kasvot. Ja tapahtui jonkun ajan kuluttua, että hänen isäntänsä puoliso iski silmänsä Joosefiin ja sanoi: "Makaa minun kanssani". |
| French | Après ces choses, il arriva que la femme de son maître porta les yeux sur Joseph, et dit: Couche avec moi! |
| German | Und 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-hari | Selang beberapa waktu, istri Potifar mulai berahi kepada Yusuf, lalu pemuda itu diajaknya tidur bersama. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka 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. |
| Norwegian | Og nogen tid efter hendte det at hans herres hustru kastet sine øine på Josef og sa: Kom og ligg hos mig! |
| Portuguese | E aconteceu depois destas coisas que a mulher do seu senhor pôs os olhos em José, e lhe disse: Deita-te comigo. |
| Rumanian | Dupq cktqva vreme, s`a kntkmplat cq nevasta stqpknului squ a pus ochii pe Iosif, wi a zis: ,,Culcq-te cu mine!`` |
| Swedish | Och efter en tid hände sig att hans herres hustru kastade sina ögon på Josef och sade: "Ligg hos mig." |
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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. | |
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