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sleeping en · ADJ
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(not-comparable) Asleep.
We found a sleeping child inside the church.
Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
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(not-comparable) Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.
Translations (9)
de Schlaf- (used for sleep; used to produce sleep) · fi nukkuma- (used for sleep; used to produce sleep) · bg спален (used for sleep; used to produce sleep) · fi uni- (used for sleep; used to produce sleep) · es somnífero (used for sleep; used to produce sleep) · es soporífero (used for sleep; used to produce sleep) · ru спа́льный (used for sleep; used to produce sleep) · es soñoliento (used for sleep; used to produce sleep) · fi makuu- (used for sleep; used to produce sleep)
sleeping en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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(countable, uncountable) The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.
And as I lay and lened and loked in the wateres / I slombred in a slepyng, it swyved so merye.
c. 1380, William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman, section I:[…] there are no words to describe the way she negotiated the abyss between her dreams, those wakings strange as her sleepings.
1995, Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, page 144:
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let the sleeping dogs lie · sleeping pad · sleeping hours · sleepingly · sleeping partner · sleeping pill · sleeping lions · born sleeping · let sleeping dogs lie · nonsleeping · Sleeping Sexton · sleeping sickness · sleeping power · sleeping suit · Sleeping Beauty · unsleeping · sleeping quarters · African sleeping sickness · sleeping dragon · rough sleeping · sleeping policeman · sleeping giant · co-sleeping · sleeping table · sleeping dictionary · sleeping mat · sleeping at the switch · sleeping language · sleeping barber problem · sleeping draught · sleeping car · sleeping bag · sleeping beauty · sleeping tablet · sleeping room · sleepingwear
Translations (18)
fr sommeil (state or act of being asleep) · ko 잠 (state or act of being asleep) · pl spanie (state or act of being asleep) · pt sono (state or act of being asleep) · es dormición (state or act of being asleep) · cmn 睡眠 (state or act of being asleep) · de Schlaf (state or act of being asleep) · hu alvás (state or act of being asleep) · ca dormint (state or act of being asleep) · pt dormida (state or act of being asleep) · ja 眠り (state or act of being asleep) · ko 수면 (state or act of being asleep) · uk сон (state or act of being asleep) · ja 睡眠 (state or act of being asleep) · lv gulēšana (state or act of being asleep) · fi nukkuminen (state or act of being asleep) · ru сон (state or act of being asleep) · es sueño (state or act of being asleep)
sleeping en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of sleep
‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC: