Meanings
verbsleep like a baby (third-person singular simple present sleeps like a baby, present participle sleeping like a baby, simple past and past participle slept like a baby)
present singular third person sleeps like a baby · participle present sleeping like a baby · participle past slept like a baby · past slept like a baby
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo sleep very well, especially peacefully.
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Origin
Compare French dormir comme un bébé.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 酣睡
- 酣睡 (hānshuì)to sleep very well
Dutch slapen als een roos
- slapen als een roosto sleep very well
Finnish nukkua kuin tukki
- nukkua kuin tukkito sleep very well
French dormir comme un bébé
- dormir comme un bébéto sleep very well
Polish spać jak dziecko
- spać jak dzieckoto sleep very well
Turkish mışıl mışıl uyumak
- mışıl mışıl uyumakto sleep very well
Welsh cysgu fel clawdd
- cysgu fel clawddto sleep very well
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