sleeping
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(satellite adjective) lying asleep; "don't wake the sleeping children"; "gazed with affection at his slumbering form" |
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Synonyms: slumbering |
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| 2. |
(noun) the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate |
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Related Words: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, cat sleep, catnap, doze, drowse, forty winks, nap, noctambulism, short sleep, sleep talking, sleepwalking, snooze, somnambulism, somniloquism, somniloquy |
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| 3. |
(noun) the state of being asleep |
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Related Words: sleep, slumber |
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Antonyms: waking |
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(satellite adjective) (heraldry) lying with head on paws as if sleeping |
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Synonyms: dormant |
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| 5. |
(noun) quiet and inactive restfulness |
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Synonyms: dormancy, quiescence, quiescency |
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Related Words: ease, relaxation, repose, rest, vegetation |
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