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Definitions for Sleeping

[1] the condition of being asleep.
[2] asleep.
[3] of, relating to, or having accommodations for sleeping: a sleeping compartment.
[4] used to sleep in or on: a sleeping jacket.
[5] used to induce or aid sleep or while asleep: sleeping mask.
[6] to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
[7] Botany . to assume, especially at night, a state similar to the sleep of animals, marked by closing of petals, leaves, etc.
[8] to be dormant, quiescent, or inactive, as faculties.
[9] to be careless or unalert; allow one's alertness, vigilance, or attentiveness to lie dormant: While England slept, Germany prepared for war.
[10] to lie in death: They are sleeping in their tombs.
[11] to take rest in (a specified kind of sleep): He slept the sleep of the innocent.
[12] to accommodate for sleeping; have sleeping accommodations for: This trailer sleeps three people.
[13] to spend or pass in sleep (usually followed by away or out ): to sleep the day away.
[14] to recover from the effects of (a headache, hangover, etc.) by sleeping (usually followed by off or away ).
[15] the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
[16] a period of sleeping: a brief sleep.
[17] dormancy or inactivity.
[18] the repose of death.
[19] sleeper(def 10) .
[20] sleep around , Informal . to have sexual relations with many partners, especially in a casual way; be sexually promiscuous.
[21] sleep in , (especially of domestic help) to sleep where one is employed. to sleep beyond one's usual time of arising.
[22] sleep on , to postpone making a decision about for at least a day: to sleep on a proposal till the end of the week.
[23] sleep out , (especially of domestic help) to sleep away from one's place of employment. Chiefly Northern U.S. to sleep away from one's home. to sleep outdoors.
[24] sleep over , to spend one or more nights in a place other than one's own home: Two friends will sleep over this weekend.
[25] sleep together , to be sexual partners; have a sexual relationship.
[26] sleep with , to have sexual relations with.
[27] a periodic state of physiological rest during which consciousness is suspended and metabolic rate is decreased See also paradoxical sleep
[28] botany the nontechnical name for nyctitropism
[29] a period spent sleeping
[30] a state of quiescence or dormancy
[31] a poetic or euphemistic word for death
[32] informal the dried mucoid particles often found in the corners of the eyes after sleeping
[33] (intr) to be in or as in the state of sleep
[34] (intr) (of plants) to show nyctitropism
[35] (intr) to be inactive or quiescent
[36] (tr) to have sleeping accommodation for (a certain number) the boat could sleep six
[37] (tr foll by away ) to pass (time) sleeping
[38] (intr) to fail to pay attention
[39] (intr) poetic , or euphemistic to be dead
[40] sleep on it to give (something) extended consideration, esp overnight

Words related to Sleeping

unconscious, comatose, dreaming, napping, crashed, slumbering, asleep, inactive, inert, dormant, latent, abed

Words nearby Sleeping

sleep-wake cycle, sleepcoat, sleeper, sleeper seat, sleeper terrorist, sleeping, sleeping bag, sleeping beauty, sleeping car, sleeping chair, sleeping draught

Origin of Sleeping

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English slēp (Anglian), slǣp, slāp; cognate with Dutch slaap, German Schlaf, Gothic slēps; (v.) Middle English slepen, Old English slēpan, slǣpan, slāpan, cognate with Old Saxon slāpan, Gothic slēpan

Other words from Sleeping

un·sleep·ing , adjective
sleep·ful , adjective
sleep·like , adjective
an·ti·sleep , adjective
un·der·sleep , verb (used without object), un·der·slept, un·der·sleep·ing.

Word origin for Sleeping

Old English slǣpan; related to Old Frisian slēpa, Old Saxon slāpan, Old High German slāfan, German schlaff limp

Synonyms for Sleeping

unconscious, conked, crashed, dozing, dreaming, napping, snoozing, asleep, inactive, inert