sleeping

Examples

• All

• After a long day at work, she enjoys the peace of sleeping in her comfortable bed.

• Is there room in this new plan for sleeping?

  Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)

• Individual questions were used to assess the usual sleeping time and wake time during school days and holidays.

  Academic text (2012)

• Rather than suffer from sleeping difficulties, talk to your doctor or go to a sleep specialist for help.

  Academic text (2015)

• The chickens roamed close to the sleeping area of the household members.

  Academic text (2013)

• In distinguishing between states of waking and sleeping, memory provides the continuity of the thinking subject.

  Academic text (1999)

• About eight o'clock, the sleeping car porter came to open up our beds.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The EU provides warm clothing, over thirty-five hundred meals, snacks, sleeping accommodations, and health and beauty services.

  Academic text (2011)

• The children were quiet in their rooms, sleeping soundly after a fun day.

• He found it difficult to concentrate due to the loud noises while he was sleeping.

Synonyms

S

slumber

vssleeping

76 3.9

A period when something is asleep or inactive

is the simple state of being at rest rather than a longer period

S

sleep

vssleeping

26 1.0

A long time of being not active like hibernation or death

is the actual state of being at rest rather than a similar inactive state

D

deep sleep

vssleeping

25 2.8

A heavy sleep when the body and mind rest and are not aware of surroundings

is the normal state of rest rather than an intense restorative stage

S

shut-eye

vssleeping

• Informal

16 7.2

A short sleep taken to rest, often at night

is the general state of being at rest rather than an informal word

Antonyms

A

awake

591 1.0

Not sleeping and able to think clearly

W

waking

4 2.5

The time when you are not asleep

Idioms

L

to let sleeping dogs lie

• Informal

6 6.9

Avoid talking about old problems to prevent more arguments

S

sleeping around

• NSFW

1 9.1

Having sex with many different people without a steady partner

Compounds

S

sleeping bag

76 1.0

A warm padded bag to sleep in when camping

S

sleeping pill

54 2.9

A tablet you take to help you fall asleep

S

Sleeping Beauty

• Literature

18 3.5

A fairy tale princess who falls into a deep sleep until a prince wakes her with a kiss

S

sleeping giant

• Informal

6 6.5

A person or group with large unused power and potential

S

sleeping sickness

• Archaic

5 7.2

A serious brain disease that makes people very weak and keeps some eye muscles from working

S

Sleeping Beauty

• Literature

4 3.7

A person who sleeps very deeply or a thing that looks very beautiful but is not active

S

sleeping beauty

4 5.1

A woman or girl sleeping peacefully who looks very beautiful

S

sleeping room

• Specialized

2 1.0

A room for sleeping

C

co-sleeping

2 3.7

An arrangement where parents and children sleep in the same bed or room

S

sleeping tablet

1 2.8

A small pill that helps you sleep

S

sleeping car

1 3.1

A train car with beds for passengers on overnight journeys

S

sleeping draught

• Archaic

1 8.2

A liquid medicine that makes you sleep

S

sleeping accommodation

1 3.4

A place for sleeping, often in a hotel or train

S

sleeping capsule

1 3.5

A small pill that you take to help you sleep

C

co-sleeping

1 3.9

Sleeping in the same bed or room with a child

S

Sleeping Beauty syndrome

• Specialized

1 8.0

A rare brain disorder that causes repeated long sleep periods with confusion and problems with thinking

S

sleeping partner

1 6.7

A person who gives money to a business but does not help run it

S

sleeping beauty

• Jargon

1 9.0

A company not well known that has value and another company might buy

S

sleeping hibiscus

• US

8.7

A small plant with hanging, bell-shaped flowers that stay partly closed

How Asleep

comatose

30 7.8

sleeping

276 1.0

drowsing

1 4.1

drowsy

22 2.7

awake

591 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology