See Also: sleeping bag(dictionary)
Sleeping(medicine)
sleeping(2)(dictionary)
sleeping(1)(dictionary)
sleeping car(dictionary)
Sleeping Beauty(dictionary)
sleeping sickness(encyclopedia)
Sleeping partner(finance)
Sleeping beauty(finance)
Sleeping Giant(money)

sleeping(1) (iou)



sleeping ppl adjective. ME.
[from SLEEP verb + -ING2.]
That sleeps or is asleep; pertaining to a person who is asleep. ME.
Inducing sleep; soporific. rare. LME-L16.
Numb; devoid of sensation. M16.
Inactive, quiescent. M16.
Quiet, silent; motionless. L18.
Special collocations & phrases: let sleeping dogs lie: see DOG noun. sleeping beauty [with allus. to the heroine of a fairy tale who slept for 100 years until woken by the kiss of a prince] an unconscious or inactive person or thing. sleeping giant a dormant or inactive force. sleeping lizard (chiefly Austral.) any of various lizards, esp. the stump-tailed skink, Trachydosaurus rugosus. sleeping partner a partner in a business who takes no part in the actual work. sleeping policeman: see POLICEMAN 2b. sleeping princess = sleeping beauty above. wake a sleeping wolf: see WOLF noun.
sleepingly adverb (a) when asleep; (b) sleepily: LME.