Dictionary

sleep with en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To have sexual intercourse with.
   • K.T. Oslin once made a living as a Broadway chorus girl, and when she turned to country in her mid-40s, it was to sing about such nonbucolic topics such as older women sleeping with younger men. 2001 June 24, "Country Rocks", Time
   • Roy: You remember the woman from last night? She seemed lovely, right? Moss: She was a delight. Roy: Yeah. We get outside, there's a group of tramps, two of whom she knows by name. She starts screaming at them, "You owe me money! You owe me money!" She thinks that the tramps owe her money. Next thing I know, it all kicks off. I'm running for my life. It was a horrible evening, a really horrible evening, and she's a really horrible woman. Moss: Right. But you slept with her? Roy: Yeah. 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6
2. (qualifier:literal) To share a bed or bedroom with.
   • My daughter has to sleep with her teddy bear or she gets scared.

Forms

Relateds

sleep with the fishes

Synonyms

copulate with (have sex with) · sleep (share a bed or bedroom with)

Translations (27)

hu -val/vel hál (to have sex with) · pt dormir com (to have sex with) · tr yatmak (to have sex with) · la iaceō cum (to have sex with) · ro se culca cu (to have sex with) · grc συγκοιμάομαι (to have sex with) · pl przespać się z (to have sex with) · pl spać z (to have sex with) · jra đih (to have sex with) · gd laigh le (to have sex with) · el κοιμάμαι με (to have sex with) · he שכב עם (to have sex with) · la cubō cum (to have sex with) · cmn 跟......上床 (to have sex with) · sw -lala na (to have sex with) · sh спавати с(а) ... (to have sex with) · fi maata (... kanssa) (to have sex with) · sh spavati s(a) ... (to have sex with) · ru спать с ... (to have sex with) · fr coucher avec ... (to have sex with) · ja ...と寝る (to have sex with) · sv ligga med (to have sex with) · ca dormir amb (to have sex with) · de mit ... schlafen (to have sex with) · uk спа́ти з (to have sex with) · la concumbō (to have sex with) · ru переспа́ть с ... (to have sex with)