Schlaf — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
Schlaf is used for these senses in English:
- hypnotic (pharmaceutical effect) Inducing sleep; soporific.
- shut-eye (informal) Sleep.
- sleep (uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
- sleep (countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
- sleep (uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
hypnotic — full definition
- adjective Relating to hypnosis, or having a trance-like, mesmerizing effect.
- noun A drug that induces sleep.
sleep — full definition
- verb To rest in the natural state of reduced consciousness that the body needs each day.
- verb (informal) To have sexual intercourse with someone.
- verb To be inattentive, careless, or unprepared for something.
- noun The state of rest the body enters each night, marked by reduced awareness of the surroundings.