English noun: sleeping |
1. | sleeping (cognition) the state of being asleep |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sleep, slumber |
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| Part holonym | dream, dreaming |
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| Antonyms | waking |
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2. | sleeping (act) quiet and inactive restfulness |
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| Synonyms | dormancy, quiescence, quiescency |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ease, relaxation, repose, rest |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | vegetation |
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3. | sleeping (act) the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate |
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| Broader (hypernym) | activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cat sleep, catnap, doze, drowse, forty winks, nap, noctambulation, noctambulism, short sleep, sleep talking, sleepwalking, snooze, somnambulation, somnambulism, somniloquism, somniloquy |
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