adj
Meaning 1
Asleep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- We found a sleeping child inside the church.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sleeping
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈsliːpɪŋ/
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adj
Meaning 2
Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of sleep
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
lying with head on paws as if sleeping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dormant(ip)
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
Narrower terms: sleepwalking, somnambulism, somnambulation, noctambulism, noctambulation, sleep talking, somniloquy, somniloquism, nap, catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze, doze, drowse
noun
Meaning 7
quiet and inactive restfulness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quiescence, quiescency, dormancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rest, ease, repose, relaxation
Narrower terms: vegetation
noun
Meaning 8
the state of being asleep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: waking
Broader terms: sleep, slumber
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: спален (spalen) — used for sleep; used to produce sleep
- Finnish: uni- — used for sleep; used to produce sleep
- Finnish: nukkuma- — used for sleep; used to produce sleep
- Finnish: makuu- — used for sleep; used to produce sleep
- German: Schlaf- — used for sleep; used to produce sleep
- Russian: спа́льный (spálʹnyj) — used for sleep; used to produce sleep
- Spanish: somnífero — used for sleep; used to produce sleep
- Spanish: soporífero — used for sleep; used to produce sleep
- Spanish: soñoliento — used for sleep; used to produce sleep
- Catalan: dormint — state or act of being asleep
- Chinese Mandarin: 睡眠 (shuìmián) — state or act of being asleep
- Finnish: nukkuminen — state or act of being asleep
- French: sommeil — state or act of being asleep
- German: Schlaf — state or act of being asleep
- Hungarian: alvás — state or act of being asleep
- Japanese: 睡眠 (suimin) — state or act of being asleep
- Japanese: 眠り (nemuri) — state or act of being asleep
- Korean: 잠 (jam) — state or act of being asleep
- Korean: 수면 (sumyeon) — state or act of being asleep
- Latvian: gulēšana — state or act of being asleep
- Polish: spanie — state or act of being asleep
- Portuguese: sono — state or act of being asleep
- Portuguese: dormida — state or act of being asleep
- Russian: сон (son) — state or act of being asleep
- Spanish: sueño — state or act of being asleep
- Spanish: dormición — state or act of being asleep
- Ukrainian: сон (son) — state or act of being asleep
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