Sleeping
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsliːpɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Sleeping is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of sleep.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of sleep.
More Meanings
- Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.
- The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.
Example Sentences
We found a sleeping child inside the church.
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.
‘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.’
Word Forms
- sleepings
Synonyms for sleeping
Depending on context, synonyms include quiescence, dormant, dormancy, quiescency, slumbering.
Antonyms for sleeping
Common opposites include waking.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include asleep, slumbering, dormant, dormancy, quiescence, quiescency.
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