sleep

Definitions of sleep
  1. noun
    piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor
  2. noun
    a large number of things or people considered together
    synonyms: drom, heer, heir, horde, leger, legerschaar, legioen, massa, menigte, mensenmassa, mensenmenigte, mensenzee, meute, myriade, schaar, schare, stoet, volk
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    types:
    confituur, jam
    a dense crowd of people
    zwerm
    a moving crowd
    troep
    an orderly crowd
    type of:
    bijeenkomst, bijeenzijn, samenkomst, samenzijn
    a group of persons together in one place
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