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Meaning of "winter sleep" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WINTER SLEEP

winter sleep  [ˈwɪntə sliːp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WINTER SLEEP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Winter sleep is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WINTER SLEEP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

winter sleep

Winter rest

Winter rest is a state of reduced activity of plants and warm-blooded animals living in extratropical regions of the world during the more hostile environmental conditions of winter. In this state, they save energy during cold weather while they have limited access to food sources.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WINTER SLEEP


antisleep
ˌæntɪˈsliːp
asleep
əˈsliːp
beleap
bɪˈliːp
bleep
bliːp
clepe
kliːp
dogsleep
ˈdɒɡˌsliːp
leap
liːp
leep
liːp
microsleep
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌsliːp
outleap
ˈaʊtˌliːp
outsleep
ˌaʊtˈsliːp
overleap
ˌəʊvəˈliːp
oversleep
ˌəʊvəˈsliːp
presleep
priːˈsliːp
sleep
sliːp
upleap
ʌpˈliːp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WINTER SLEEP

winter depression
winter garden
winter hedge
winter heliotrope
winter holidays
winter jasmine
winter melon
winter moth
Winter of Discontent
Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympics
winter quarters
winter resident
winter rose
winter season
winter solstice
winter sports
Winter War
winter wheat
winter wren

WORDS THAT END LIKE WINTER SLEEP

beauty sleep
beep
black sheep
creep
deep
half-asleep
Jeep
keep
paradoxical sleep
peep
rapid eye movement sleep
sheep
steep
Streep
sweep
the deep
twilight sleep
upkeep
veep
weep

Synonyms and antonyms of winter sleep in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «winter sleep» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WINTER SLEEP

Find out the translation of winter sleep to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of winter sleep from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «winter sleep» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冬眠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sueño invernal
570 millions of speakers

English

winter sleep
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सर्दियों नींद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النوم الشتاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зимний сон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sono de inverno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শীতকাল ঘুম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sommeil de l´hiver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidur musim sejuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Winterschlaf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

冬眠
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

겨울 잠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Turu ing mangsa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mùa đông ngủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குளிர்கால தூக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिवाळी झोप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kış uykusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sonno invernale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sen zimowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зимовий сон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

somn de iarnă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ύπνο του χειμώνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

winter slaap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vintersömn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vinter søvn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of winter sleep

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WINTER SLEEP»

The term «winter sleep» is regularly used and occupies the 89.631 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WINTER SLEEP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about winter sleep

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WINTER SLEEP»

Discover the use of winter sleep in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to winter sleep and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Winter Sleep
"Winter Sleep" is the story of an ex-con painter who, in searching to elevate his art, takes on two students to literally explosive effect.
Kenzō Kitakata, 2004
2
The Animals' Winter Sleep
Rhyming text and labeled illustrations reveal how such northern creatures as white-tailed deer, beavers, red squirrels, and pileated woodpeckers spend the cold winter nights.
Lynda Graham-Barber, 2008
3
The Winter Sleep of Captain Lemass
At once a reckoning with a lost political legacy, a meditation on love, marriage and middle age, and a reaching back into foreign ancestry, this book is Harry Clifton's ambitious attempt to bring together the discordant elements of an ...
Harry Clifton, 2012
4
The long winter sleep: the story of mammal hibernation
Describes the ways different mammals hibernate, explaining the difference between true hibernators and light sleepers.
Ellen H. Goins, 1978
5
The British and Foreign Medical Review Or Quarterly Journal ...
pended. In the latter case circulation, however, still goes on, the action of the heart, though much diminished, not entirely stopping. The following is the result of Dr. Barkow's observations on the blood of the hedgehog during winter sleep ...
‎1847
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The British and Foreign Medical Review
pended. In the latter case circulation, however, still goes on, the action of the heart, though much diminished, not entirely stopping. The folio-wing is the result of Dr. Barkow's observations on the blood of the hedgehog during winter sleep ...
‎1847
7
101 Lessons: Vocabulary Words in Context
is preparing to sleep. His winter sleep will be long and deep. Is it because he is lazy, or is it because he is large and (2.) ... only in his own fur. During his long winter's sleep, he is totally (4.) ...
Margaret Brinton, 2007
8
Biology of Sleep Substances
Kroll"i56 extracted from the brain tissues of hibernating hamsters, hedgehogs, and bats a "sleep hormone" that could induce "experimental winter sleep". Since then, experimental approaches to a hibernation inducer by several investigators  ...
Shojiro Inoue, 1989
9
The Medical Times
have forgotten its education, and to have become wild again. Winter sleep is not of the nature of asphyxia. Hedgehogs in winter sleep, if kept a long time under water, become asphyxiated ; but the animal does not pass directly from the state of ...
‎1848
10
Medical Times
hare forgotten its education, and to have become •wild again. Winter sleep is not of the nature of asphyxia. Hedgehogs in winter sleep, if kept a long time under water, become asphyxiated ; but the animal does not pass directly from the state of ...
‎1848

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WINTER SLEEP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term winter sleep is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Winter Sleep' the latest masterpiece from Nuri Bilge Ceylan
He respects the silence, but his latest film, “Winter Sleep,” is unusually chatty and keenly claustrophobic, perhaps because it's based on Anton Chekhov's short ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
2
'Winter Sleep' is a magnificent film that recalls Chekhov and Eugene …
Winter Sleep,” winner of last year's Palme d'Or in Cannes, runs almost 3-1/2 hours. These will be some of the best three-plus hours you will spend at any movie ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jan 15»
3
Movie review: Winter Sleep a surreal portrait of hotel owner
Linguistically speaking, Nuri Bilge Ceylan's new film could have been called Hibernation, but Winter Sleep not only sounds better, it captures the dreamy quality ... «Canada.com, Jan 15»
4
Winter Sleep: A 'Chekhovian' film that's slow-cooked to perfection
Bundle up and walk, don't run, to Winter Sleep, if you possibly can. This is a mid-January film that offers little escape from the chill but lots of enrichment over its ... «The Globe and Mail, Jan 15»
5
Review: 'Winter Sleep'
In one of a hundred perfect little moments in "Winter Sleep," a wealthy landowner, smiling, chuckling, consents to having his hand kissed by a young boy who ... «Chicago Tribune, Jan 15»
6
'Winter Sleep,' a Nuri Bilge Ceylan Take on Turkish Life
ISTANBUL — “Winter Sleep,” the deeply felt new film by the Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, took the top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival and has ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
7
Q&A: Adopt Films' Tim Grady On Getting Americans To See Foreign …
They scored a nomination with Omar and this year have Palme d'Or winner Winter Sleep in contention. I spoke with Grady about the state of foreign language ... «Deadline.com, Dec 14»
8
This year's Palme D'Or winner, Winter Sleep, may be too much of a …
Even before this year's Cannes Film Festival had begun, Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Winter Sleep was considered the odds-on favorite to win the Palme D'Or, which it ... «A.V. Club, Dec 14»
9
A Marriage Crumbles, Beautifully, in Ceylan's Winter Sleep
Twitter is doublestuffed with check-your-privilege messages for entitled men, but I've rarely seen one as potent as this singular line from Nuri Bilge Ceylan's ... «Village Voice, Dec 14»
10
Winter Sleep review – sharply observed tragicomedy
Winter Sleep won the Palme d'Or, and that was a triumph about which I had ... The first shot in Winter Sleep is of a smoke or steam wispily rising from the soil ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Winter sleep [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/winter-sleep>. Apr 2024 ».
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