sleeping
noun
- rest in a state of decreased consciousness and reduced metabolism
- engage in sexual relations
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpɪŋ/
adj
- 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.”
- Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.
noun
- 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
- 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.’”