SLEEP OVER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Stay overnight

Example:

The boy's friends were allowed to sleep over after the birthday party

Synonyms:

sleep over; stay over

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "sleep over" is one way to...):

lodge (be a lodger; stay temporarily)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

sleepover (an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children))