sleeping

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsliːpɪŋ/

Verb

1. present participle of sleep#English|sleep

Adjective

sleeping (not comparable)

1. Asleep.
2. Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.

Translations

• German: Schlaf (prefix)
• Russian: спа́льный

Noun

sleeping

1. The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.
   • c. 1380, William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman, I:

     And as I lay and lened and loked in the wateres / I slombred in a slepyng, it swyved so merye.

Translations

• French: sommeil
• German: Schlaf
• Portuguese: sono, dormida
• Russian: сон
• Spanish: durmiendo

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