What does sleeping mean?

Definitions for sleeping
sleep·ing

Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word sleeping.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. sleeping(noun)

    the state of being asleep

  2. quiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleeping(noun)

    quiet and inactive restfulness

  3. sleeping(adj)

    the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

  4. dormant(ip), sleeping(adj)

    lying with head on paws as if sleeping

Wiktionary

  1. sleeping(Noun)

    the state or act of being asleep.

  2. sleeping(Adjective)

    asleep

  3. sleeping(Adjective)

    used for sleep; used to produce sleep.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sleeping

    of Sleep

  2. Sleeping

    a. & n. from Sleep

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sleeping' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3405

Anagrams for sleeping »

  1. peelings

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sleeping in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sleeping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sleeping in a Sentence

  1. Baldwin Lonsdale:

    We have not been sleeping.

  2. Forshani Tamang:

    Everyone is sleeping outside.

  3. Charles Rocamboli:

    They end up sleeping for hours.

  4. Tom Zegan:

    Once I had a dream that I was sleeping.

  5. Ugochukwu Michael:

    Sometimes, I spend days without sleeping.

Images & Illustrations of sleeping

  1. sleepingsleepingsleeping

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