schlafen — meaning in English

English meaning

• asleep adj In a state of sleep.
• kip noun British informal: sleep, or a place to sleep.
• sleep verb To rest in the natural state of reduced consciousness that the body needs each day.

Senses

schlafen is used for these senses in English:

• asleep In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
• kip (informal, chiefly, UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
• sleep (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
• sleep (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
• sleep with (idiomatic, euphemism) To have sexual intercourse with.

asleep — full definition

1. adj In a state of sleep.
2. adj Numb or tingling, describing a limb that has lost normal feeling from lack of blood flow.

kip — full definition

1. noun British informal: sleep, or a place to sleep.
2. verb British informal: to sleep, especially briefly or somewhere makeshift.
3. noun The basic monetary unit of Laos.

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