Sleeping

Noun1.sleeping - the state of being asleep
dream, dreaming - a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"
sleep, slumber - a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
waking - the state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking"
2.sleeping - quiet and inactive restfulness
repose, rest, ease, relaxation - freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
vegetation - inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"
3.sleeping - the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate
noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism - walking by a person who is asleep
sleep talking, somniloquism, somniloquy - uttering speech while asleep
cat sleep, catnap, forty winks, short sleep, snooze, nap - a short sleep (usually not in bed)
doze, drowse - a light fitful sleep
bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity"
Adj.1.sleeping - lying with head on paws as if sleeping
heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies
unerect - not upright in position or posture

 

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