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сон — meaning in English

son

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English meaning

  • dream noun A series of images, thoughts, or feelings experienced during 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.
  • sleeping adj Currently asleep.
  • slumber noun Sleep, especially peaceful or restful sleep.

Senses

сон is used for these senses in English:

  • dream (countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
  • dream (countable, figurative) A hope or wish.
  • kip (informal, chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
  • 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).

dream — full definition

  1. noun A series of images, thoughts, or feelings experienced during sleep.
  2. noun A strong hope, ambition, or wish for the future.
  3. verb To experience images and events in the mind while asleep.
  4. verb To hope or aspire to something.

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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