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Sleep Out

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Verb

1. live out, sleep out

work in a house where one does not live

Example Sentences:
'our cook lives out; he can easily commute from his home'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sleep Out

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verb (intr, adverb)
1. 
(esp of a tramp) to sleep in the open air
2. 
to sleep away from the place of work
noun sleepout
3. Australian and New Zealand
an area of a veranda that has been glassed in or partitioned off so that it may be used as a bedroom

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Sleep Out

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1. 
to spend in sleeping; sleep throughout
2. 
to sleep outdoors

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sleep Out

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n.
1.
a. A natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body, in which the eyes usually close and consciousness is completely or partially lost, so that there is a decrease in bodily movement and responsiveness to external stimuli. During sleep the brain in humans and other mammals undergoes a characteristic cycle of brain-wave activity that includes intervals of dreaming.
b. A period of this form of rest.
c. A state of inactivity resembling or suggesting sleep; unconsciousness, dormancy, hibernation, or death.
d. A state in which a computer shuts off or reduces power to its peripherals (such as the display or memory) in order to save energy during periods of inactivity.
2. Botany The folding together of leaflets or petals at night or in the absence of light.
3. A crust of dried tears or mucus normally forming around the inner rim of the eye during sleep.
v. slept (slĕpt), sleep·ing, sleeps
v.intr.
1. To be in the state of sleep or to fall asleep.
2. To be in a condition resembling sleep.
v.tr.
1. To pass or get rid of by sleeping: slept away the day; went home to sleep off the headache.
2. To provide sleeping accommodations for: This tent sleeps three comfortably.

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