Definition of Sleepings. Meaning of Sleepings. Synonyms of Sleepings

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Sleepings. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Sleepings and, of course, Sleepings synonyms and on the right images related to the word Sleepings.

Definition of Sleepings

Sleeping
Sleep Sleep, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slept; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeping.] [OE. slepen, AS. sl?pan; akin to OFries. sl?pa, OS. sl[=a]pan, D. slapen, OHG. sl[=a]fan, G. schlafen, Goth. sl?pan, and G. schlaff slack, loose, and L. labi to glide, slide, labare to totter. Cf. Lapse.] 1. To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber. --Chaucer. Watching at the head of these that sleep. --Milton. 2. Figuratively: (a) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. We sleep over our happiness. --Atterbury. (b) To be dead; to lie in the grave. Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. --1 Thess. iv. 14. (c) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps. How sweet the moonlight sleep upon this bank! --Shak.
Sleeping
Sleeping Sleep"ing, a. & n. from Sleep. Sleeping car, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and berths for sleeping. Sleeping partner (Com.), a dormant partner. See under Dormant. Sleeping table (Mining), a stationary inclined platform on which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle.

Meaning of Sleepings from wikipedia

- Sleep is a state of reduced mental and physical activity in which consciousness is altered and certain sensory activity is inhibited. During sleep, there...
- 18352/relief.910. "La Madone des Sleepings - Editions Zulma". zulma.fr. Retrieved 27 August 2020. Maurice Dekobra. "La Madone des Sleepings" (PDF). Éditions Zulma...
- Sleep Token are an English alternative metal band formed in London in 2016. Its members remain anonymous by wearing masks. After self-releasing their...
- Sleep, Dearie, Sleep is a traditional Scottish lament for the bagpipes. The tune is used as a lament signal in Highland army regiments. It gained prominence...
- Look up let sleeping dogs lie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sleeping Dogs or Sleeping Dogs Lie may refer to: Sleeping Dogs (1977 film), a New Zealand...
- Sleep deprivation, also known as sleep insufficiency or sleeplessness, is the condition of not having adequate duration and/or quality of sleep to support...
- On Sleep (or On Sleep and Sleeplessness; Gr**** Περὶ ὕπνου καὶ ἐγρηγόρσεως; Latin: De somno et vigilia) is a text by Aristotle, one of the Parva Naturalia...
- Sleep apnea (sleep apnoea or sleep apnœa in British English) is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which repetitive pauses in breathing, periods of...
- Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder where people have difficulty sleeping. They may have difficulty falling asleep, or staying asleep...
- "Sleeping Beauty" (French: La Belle au bois dormant, or The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood; German: Dornröschen, or Little Briar Rose), also titled in English...