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(2) (iou)



sleeping verbal noun. ME.
[from SLEEP verb + -ING1.]
The action of SLEEP verb.
Comb.: sleeping-bag a lined or padded bag to sleep in when camping etc.; sleeping-car, sleeping-carriage a railway coach provided with beds or berths; sleeping-draught a drink to induce sleep; sleeping-pill: for inducing sleep; sleeping-potion arch. = sleeping-draught above; sleeping sickness (a) a tropical African disease caused by the protozoans Trypanosoma gambiense and T. rhodesiense, which are transmitted by tsetse-flies, and proliferate in the blood-vessels, ultimately affecting the central nervous system and leading to lethargy and death; trypanosomiasis; (b) (now rare) = SLEEPY sickness (b); sleeping-suit a one-piece night-garment worn esp. by children.