Sign for SLEEP in ASL | ASL Dictionary

How do you sign “Sleep” in ASL?

SLEEP: SLEEP in American Sign Language (ASL) means to rest with eyes closed. The video and animated demonstration below show the sign.

ASL sign for sleep — animated demonstration

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When do you use the sign SLEEP?

SLEEP closes every daily-routine narration and opens most complaints about the night before. Parents sign it at bedtime, students sign it wishfully, and the sleep-deprived sign it with feeling. It belongs to the routine vocabulary of Lesson 34.

Lesson 34 of the challenge covers it with the daily routine.

📖 SLEEP is taught in Lesson 34 of ASL 101: Starting Out — Book 1 of the 216-Day Challenge →




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