Definitions

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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His parents, both aged 80, slept through the break-in.

From BBC

Voters got an early display of that work ethic when Takaichi slept in a parliamentary dormitory and got to her office to begin work at 3 a.m. on Nov. 7.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Luckily, my daughter slept through it. I told my husband, ‘I’m done.

From Los Angeles Times

It felt natural to sleep the way mothers and babies had slept “since the beginning of human history,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

He slept elsewhere three or four nights a week – often on a friend's floor, and once at the UEA library – while paying £425 a month for his house.

From BBC