Sleeping

Sleeping
Sleep Sleep, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sleeping}.] [OE. slepen, AS. sl?pan; akin to OFries. sl?pa, OS. sl[=a]pan, D. slapen, OHG. sl[=a]fan, G. schlafen, Goth. sl?pan, and G. schlaff slack, loose, and L. labi to glide, slide, labare to totter. Cf. {Lapse}.] 1. To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Watching at the head of these that sleep. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. Figuratively: (a) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. [1913 Webster]

We sleep over our happiness. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] (b) To be dead; to lie in the grave. [1913 Webster]

Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. --1 Thess. iv. 14. [1913 Webster] (c) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps. [1913 Webster]

How sweet the moonlight sleep upon this bank! --Shak. [1913 Webster]


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  • sleeping — [ slipiŋ ] n. m. • 1872; abrév. de l angl. sleeping car, de car « voiture » et sleeping « pour dormir » ♦ Anglic. Vx Voiture couchette. ⇒ wagon lit. Madone des sleepings. ⇒SLEEPING CAR, SLEEPING, subst. masc. CH. DE FER, vieilli. Wagon lit.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sleeping — Sleep ing, a. & n. from {Sleep}. [1913 Webster] {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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sleeping — baby lag busy brain co sleeping glazing junk sleep microsleep nap nook prophylactic nap …   New words

  • sleeping — sleeping; un·sleeping; …   English syllables

  • sleeping — index dormant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • sleeping — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}}[wym. sliping]{{/stl 7}}{{stl 17}}ZOB. {{/stl 17}}{{stl 7}}sliping {{/stl 7}} …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • sleeping — /slee ping/, n. 1. the condition of being asleep. adj. 2. asleep. 3. of, pertaining 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:… …   Universalium

  • sleeping — [[t]sli͟ːpɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n You use sleeping to describe places where people sleep or things concerned with where people sleep. → See also sleep On the top floor we have sleeping quarters for women and children. ...investigations of people s… …   English dictionary

  • sleeping — sleeping1 (ingl.; pronunc. [eslípin]) m. Forma apocopada de «sleeping car». sleeping2 (del ingl. «sleeping bag»; pronunc. [eslípin]; Bol., Col., Ec., Guat., Méj., Pan., Perú, P. Rico, R. Dom., Salv.) m. *Saco de dormir …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • sleeping — /ˈslipɪŋ/ (say sleeping) noun 1. condition of being asleep. –adjective 2. that sleeps. 3. used for sleeping …  

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