 sleeping |
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| 1. | [ noun ] the state of being asleep | |
| Related terms: | waking sleep dream sleep | |
| 2. | [ noun ] quiet and inactive restfulness | |
| Synonyms: | quiescency dormancy quiescence | |
| Related terms: | ease vegetation | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] lying asleep | |
| Synonyms: | slumbering | |
| Examples: | "don't wake the sleeping children" "gazed with affection at his slumbering form" |
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| Related terms: | asleep | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (heraldry) lying with head on paws as if sleeping | |
| Synonyms: | dormant | |
| Related terms: | heraldry unerect | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (biology) the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate | |
| Related terms: | bodily_process sleep_talking doze nap sleepwalking | |
| Similar spelling: |
sloping slipping sleep_in Slevin slopingly sleepiness Slavin slip_in |
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