Sleeping

  • 1sleeping — [ 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.… …

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  • 2Sleeping — 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

  • 3Sleeping — baby lag busy brain co sleeping glazing junk sleep microsleep nap nook prophylactic nap …

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  • 4sleeping — sleeping; un·sleeping; …

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  • 5sleeping — index dormant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6sleeping — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}}[wym. sliping]{{/stl 7}}{{stl 17}}ZOB. {{/stl 17}}{{stl 7}}sliping {{/stl 7}} …

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  • 7sleeping — /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:… …

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  • 8sleeping — [[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… …

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  • 9sleeping — 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

  • 10sleeping — /ˈslipɪŋ/ (say sleeping) noun 1. condition of being asleep. –adjective 2. that sleeps. 3. used for sleeping …

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