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English adjective: sleeping

1. sleeping lying with head on paws as if sleeping


Synonymsdormant


Similarunerect


Domain categoryheraldry


Antonymserect, upright, vertical


English noun: sleeping

1. sleeping (cognition) the state of being asleep


Broader (hypernym)sleep, slumber


Part holonymdream, dreaming


Antonymswaking

2. sleeping (act) quiet and inactive restfulness


Synonymsdormancy, quiescence, quiescency


Broader (hypernym)ease, relaxation, repose, rest


Narrower (hyponym)vegetation

3. sleeping (act) the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate


Broader (hypernym)activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process


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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