sleeping — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Asleep.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   We found a sleeping child inside the church.

   More examples (1)

   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.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Noun

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

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   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.

Adjective

1. lying with head on paws as if sleeping

   Synonyms

   dormant

Noun

1. the state of being asleep

   Antonyms

   waking

   Broader terms

   sleepslumber

2. quiet and inactive restfulness

   Synonyms

   quiescencequiescencydormancy

   Broader terms

   resteasereposerelaxation

3. the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

   Broader terms

   bodily processbody processbodily functionactivity