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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

go to sleep en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To fall asleep.
    • I go to sleep at the same hour every night, no matter when I go to bed.
    • After this, with the disheartening failures after the Railway Mania, railway projection in east Cornwall went to sleep. 1958 February 14, Michael Robbins, “Railways and Politics in East Cornwall”, in Railway Magazine, page 127:
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic) To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.
    • My left leg has gone to sleep!
  3. (euphemistic) To die.
    • My baby boy, Finnegan, is extremely sick. He isn’t going to make it. I’m with the vet discussing the best course. And… he will be going to sleep. 2026 July 4, @sarahaces.bsky.social, Bluesky (post), archived from the original on 04 Jul 2026:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
going to sleep Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
went to sleep Tense=Past lexicographic
goes to sleep Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gone to sleep Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

fall asleep