sövande — meaning in English

English meaning

• sedative noun A drug that calms a person or induces sleep.
• sleep verb To rest in the natural state of reduced consciousness that the body needs each day.
• soporific noun Something, often a drug, that makes you feel sleepy.

Senses

sövande is used for these senses in English:

• sedative (pharmaceutical effect) Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• sleep (countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
• soporific (pharmaceutical effect) Tending to induce sleep.

sedative — full definition

1. noun A drug that calms a person or induces sleep.
2. adj Having a calming or sleep-inducing effect.

sleep — full definition

1. verb To rest in the natural state of reduced consciousness that the body needs each day.
2. verb (informal) To have sexual intercourse with someone.
3. verb To be inattentive, careless, or unprepared for something.
4. noun The state of rest the body enters each night, marked by reduced awareness of the surroundings.

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