Sleep'ing1, p. a.
- Occupied with sleep; as, sleeping hours.
- Occupied for sleeping; as, a sleeping-car on a railway, which is fitted with seats transformable into berths.
2 entries under this word
n. 1. The state of resting in sleep. 2. The state of being at rest, or not stirred or agitated. “The sleeping of this business.” Shak.