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sleeping

noun

  1. rest in a state of decreased consciousness and reduced metabolism
  2. engage in sexual relations
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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpɪŋ/

adj

  1. Asleep.

    “We found a sleeping child inside the church.”

    “Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.”

  2. Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.

noun

  1. The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.

    “And as I lay and lened and loked in the wateres / I slombred in a slepyng, it swyved so merye.”

    “[…] there are no words to describe the way she negotiated the abyss between her dreams, those wakings strange as her sleepings.”

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of sleep

    “‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’”