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寝る — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • asleep adj In a state of sleep.
  • bang noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
  • sleep verb To rest in the natural state of reduced consciousness that the body needs each day.

Senses

寝る is used for these senses in English:

  • asleep In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
  • bang (slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
  • fall asleep To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.
  • get laid (slang, transitive, often, vulgar) To cause to have sex.
  • 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.

bang — full definition

  1. noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
  2. verb To hit something hard, often producing a loud noise.
  3. noun In plural, a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead (chiefly US).

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