sleep together

verb

To have sex with each other.

Meanings

verbsleep together (third-person singular simple present sleeps together, present participle sleeping together, simple past and past participle slept together)

present singular third person sleeps together · participle present sleeping together · participle past slept together · past slept together

  1. euphemisticidiomaticreciprocalTo have sex with each other.

    Synonyms: have sex, sleep +

  2. euphemisticidiomaticreciprocalTo be intimate with each other in the same bed.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleep, together.

    The twins slept together, the straw doll between them.

    2013, K. B. Forrest, The Sorcerer and the Shaman, page 11

    Synonyms: make love, share a bed

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo have sex with each other.

Similar
have sexsleep +

verbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleep, together.

More synonyms by meaning

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Latin concumbō
  • concumbōto have sex with
Polish spać ze sobą
  • spać ze sobąto have sex with
Swahili lala pamoja
  • lala pamojato have sex with
Turkish döşektaş olmak, istifraş etmek
  • döşektaş olmakto have sex with
  • istifraş etmekto have sex with
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