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Sleeping

Sleeping Meaning & Definition
Sleeping Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sleeping?

[n] the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate
[n] quiet and inactive restfulness
[n] the state of being asleep
[adj] (heraldry) lying with head on paws as if sleeping

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sleeping: dormancy | dormant(ip) | quiescence | quiescency | unerect

Related Terms | Find terms related to Sleeping:

See Also | activity | bodily function | bodily process | body process | cat sleep | catnap | doze | dream | dreaming | drowse | ease | forty winks | nap | noctambulation | noctambulism | relaxation | repose | rest | short sleep | sleep | sleep talking | sleepwalking | slumber | snooze | somnambulation | somnambulism | somniloquism | somniloquy | vegetation

Sleeping In Webster's Dictionary

\Sleep"ing\, a. & n. from {Sleep}. {Sleeping car}, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and berths for sleeping. {Sleeping partner} (Com.), a dormant partner. See under {Dormant}. {Sleeping table} (Mining), a stationary inclined platform on which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle.

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