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Sleeping   /slˈipɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Sleeping  n.  A. & n. from Sleep.
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 stationary inclined platform on which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle.


verb
Sleep  v. t.  (past & past part. slept; pres. part. sleeping)  
1.
To be slumbering in; followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
2.
To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge. (R.)
To sleep away, to spend in sleep; as, to sleep away precious time.
To sleep off, to become free from by sleep; as, to sleep off drunkeness or fatigue.


Sleep  v. i.  (past & past part. slept; pres. part. sleeping)  
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. "Watching at the head of these that sleep."
2.
Figuratively:
(a)
To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. "We sleep over our happiness."
(b)
To be dead; to lie in the grave. "Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him."
(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. "How sweet the moonlight sleep upon this bank!"





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"Sleeping" Quotes from Famous Books



... seems to have proceeded in a body to a meeting of the Royal Society, of which all were members except Muir and Rogers himself. Before going Mackenzie repeated an epigram which had been written on Smith sleeping at the meetings of this society, but the epigram has not been preserved. Only seven persons were present—Smith and his guests and the reader of the paper for the day, who happened to be the economist, ...
— Life of Adam Smith • John Rae
... you have of sleeping," replied Peter Rabbit. "Come, Sammy, be honest and tell me what you were yelling 'thief' for, over ...
— The Adventures of Mr. Mocker • Thornton W. Burgess
... hideous solitude of a childless mother, but for the frequent privacy of a mother who was alone, but who knew that her child was near, playing perhaps, or gone for a little jaunt with his faithful nurse, or sleeping upstairs. ...
— In the Wilderness • Robert Hichens
... distinguished above the plash and gurgle of the fountains. The court, bathed in soft light, seemed a corner of fairyland, the music vanishing elfin strains of some mischievous troop putting sighs and love dreams into a sleeping maid's breast. The night was rich with stars, warm with summer, serene with the peace of the mountains. He was late. ...
— Judith of Blue Lake Ranch • Jackson Gregory
... passing of the solid and expensive stone residences of the nineties, but he kept "up to date," and he had added ideals about half-timbered villas, doorway settles, garages, and sleeping-porches to his repertoire. He didn't, however, as he often said, "believe in bungalows any more than he believed in ...
— The Job - An American Novel • Sinclair Lewis


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