sleepy

«sleepy» in Mova's school dictionary: tired and ready to sleep — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (sleepy, sleepier, sleepiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sleepy means tired and ready to sleep. tree →

2) A sleepy place is quiet, with not much happening. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health you feel sleepy at bedtime or after a big meal; yawning and heavy eyes are signs. In safety, sleepy drivers are dangerous and some medicines say they make you sleepy. In stories a «sleepy village» is calm and quiet, and «Sleepy» is one of the seven dwarfs. Children who are sleepy in class may need more sleep at night.

examples

• I feel sleepy after lunch. tree →
• The sleepy puppy curled up in its bed. tree →
• We stayed in a sleepy little village by the sea. tree →
• She rubbed her sleepy eyes. tree →
• This medicine may make you sleepy. tree →
• The baby gets sleepier after her bath. tree →
• If you feel sleepy, it's time for bed. tree →
• "Nonsense, nonsense!" growled the sleepy Giant. tree →

note

Comparative «sleepier», superlative «sleepiest» (y → i). «Sleepy» = ready to sleep; «asleep» = already sleeping; «tired» = needing rest. «Sleepyhead» is a friendly name for someone who is sleepy.

In the corpora

• Even a fat, sleepy pet cat is a hunter inside.
• Bright screens and exciting games keep the brain alert and can delay melatonin, the sleepy hormone that rises when it gets dark.
• Carbon monoxide has no smell or colour, and it can make people sleepy, sick and even kill them.
• A bird that sits fluffed up and sleepy in the daytime may be sick.
• If someone hits their head and goes quiet, sleepy or confused, call 999 or 911 and get an adult straight away.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sleepy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.