sleeping

[ slee-ping ]

noun

1. the condition of being asleep.

adjective

1. asleep.
2. of, relating to, or having accommodations for sleeping:

   a sleeping compartment.

3. used to sleep in or on:

   a sleeping jacket.

4. used to induce or aid sleep or while asleep:

   sleeping mask.

Other Words From

• un·sleeping adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sleeping¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; sleep, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

At around 06:30 GMT, astronauts emerge from the phone-booth size sleeping quarter in the ISS module called Harmony.

From BBC

“It has the best sleeping bag in the world,” says Nicole Stott, an American astronaut with Nasa who spent 104 days in space on two missions in 2009 and 2011.

From BBC

After a few weeks of sleeping in his car, McKagan moved into the Amor building on Orchid Street in Hollywood, behind what’s now Ovation Hollywood, and began a musical journey that saw him and his bandmates in Guns N’ Roses become one of the most recognized bands of all time, accumulating accolades, selling out stadiums and earning induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

From Los Angeles Times

Babitz, by Anolik’s estimation, had one great book in her: “Slow Days, Fast Company,” a collection of stories that touch on her romantic relationships with Ruscha’s brother, Paul, and Rolling Stone’s Lewis, as well as “the politesse of threesomes, sleeping on the roof of the patio of the Polo Lounge in the Beverly Hills Hotel and what to wear when taking cocaine on acid,” among other things.

From Los Angeles Times

My idea was traveling the world; I was home not sleeping well, worried about money.

From Salon

Related Words

• comatose
• unconscious