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A fairy tale originally titled La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault

The main character in this story, who is in unbroken slumber under a magical spell, awaiting the kiss of a prince

A transposon used in genetic engineering

sleeping at the switch

Variant form of asleep at the switch

plural form of sleeping bag

A padded or insulated bag large enough to surround the whole body and which keeps the user warm while sleeping, used as a substitute for bedclothes

sleeping bags

A railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight

sleeping cars

plural form of sleeping car

sleeping giant

A silent majority; a massive bloc of voters, representing a particular ideology, viewpoint, stance, or belief, who do not vote in any given election or express said ideology on the political field. If enough members of a sleeping giant bloc decide to vote, they have the power completely change an election to their viewpoint's favor, simply by raw numbers

The sleeping giant indeed awoke ... and the terrible resolve did not relent until the world was once again safe..

sleeping lions

A children's game in which some participants lie on the floor and attempt to stay motionless, while others try to make them move, without physically touching them

sleeping off

Present participle of sleep off

sleeping partner

a business partner who doesn't play an active role in running the day-to-day operations of a business, who instead, finances the business in the form of capital investment

sleeping pill

A pill or tablet having a soporific effect

sleeping pills

plural form of sleeping pill

sleeping policeman

A speed bump

We don't care much to figure out terms like brolly (umbrella) and sleeping policeman (speed bump).

sleeping policemen

plural form of sleeping policeman

plural form of sleeping tablet

An endemic infectious disease of humans and animals in tropical Africa, caused by a parasitic trypanosome, transmitted by the tsetse fly and characterized by fever, severe headache, joint pains and lymph node swelling in the early stages, followed by a neurological phase of extreme weakness, sleepiness, and deep coma leading to death

sleeping tablet

A sleeping pill

sleeping tablets

sleeping together

Present participle of sleep together

fairy tale of a girl who slept for 100 years and was awakened by a kiss from a prince; company that has hidden asset potential making it a target for takeover (Finance)

blanket with a zipper that is used for sleeping in (especially when traveling)

large padded bag designed to be slept in outdoors; usually rolls up like a bedroll

A sleeping bag is a large deep bag with a warm lining, used for sleeping in, especially when you are camping

a person who is sleeping soundly

a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss a person who is sleeping soundly

a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play

fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss

a passenger car that has berths for sleeping

carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping

a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)

A sleeping car is a railway carriage containing beds for passengers to sleep in at night. A railroad car having accommodations for sleeping. a railway carriage with beds for passengers to sleep in = sleeper

sleeping giant

If you refer to someone or something as a sleeping giant, you mean that they are powerful but they have not yet shown the full extent of their power. The trust, which has 2.3 million members, has been characterised as a sleeping giant of the environment movement

sleeping partner

inactive partner

sleeping partner

A sleeping partner is a person who provides some of the capital for a business but who does not take an active part in managing the business. someone who owns part of a business but is not actively involved in running it American Equivalent: silent partner

sleeping pill

A sleeping pill is a pill that you can take to help you sleep. A sedative or hypnotic drug, especially a barbiturate, in the form of a pill or capsule used to relieve insomnia. a pill which helps you to sleep

sleeping pill

sleeping pills

sedatives which relieve stress and aid those suffering from sleeplessness

sleeping policeman

a narrow raised part in a road which makes traffic go slowly = speed bump

sleeping policeman

(Slang) bump in a road or driveway made to decrease drivers of vehicles speed

sleeping porch

A well-ventilated, usually screened porch or gallery used as an occasional sleeping quarters

an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness

tropical disease which causes extended loss of consciousness

A sleeping tablet is the same as a sleeping pill

Sleeping sickness is a serious tropical disease which causes great tiredness and often leads to death. a serious tropical disease that is carried by the tsetse fly (=a type of insect) . It causes extreme tiredness and fever, and makes you lose weight. Protozoal disease transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly. Two forms, caused by different species of the genus Trypanosoma, occur in separate regions in Africa. The parasite enters the bloodstream and invades the lymph nodes and spleen, which become swollen, soft, and tender. Irregular fever and delayed pain sensation develop. In the Rhodesian form, the patient soon dies of massive toxemia. The Gambian type progresses to brain and spinal cord invasion, causing severe headache, mental and physical fatigue, spastic or flaccid paralysis, chorea, and profound sleepiness, followed over two or three years by emaciation, coma, and death. Some patients develop a tolerance but still carry the trypanosomes. The earlier drug treatment begins, the greater the chance of recovery. Sleeping sickness is still prevalent in parts of Africa despite efforts to control it

sleeping tablet

let sleeping dogs lie

To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past

Eventually, they decided it would be best to let sleeping dogs lie and not discuss the matter any further.

The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm

We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem.

to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion

When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not precessing.

To accommodate in beds

This caravan can sleep up to four people.

{n} repose, slumber, rest, ease, quiet, death

let sleeping dogs lie

{v} to suspend the mental powers by rest

(Atasözü) Do not make (someone) angry and cause trouble or danger; do not make trouble if you do not have to. "Don't tell Father that you broke the window. Let sleeping dogs lie."

let sleeping dogs lie

don't stir up trouble

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"

Slept

I never slept that night. - I didn't sleep at all that night.

Sleep is the natural state of rest in which your eyes are closed, your body is inactive, and your mind does not think. They were exhausted from lack of sleep Try and get some sleep Be quiet and go to sleep Often he would have bad dreams and cry out in his sleep

An act or instance of sleeping

A sleep is a period of sleeping. I think he may be ready for a sleep soon

wait

If a sick or injured animal is put to sleep, it is killed by a vet in a way that does not cause it pain. I'm going take the dog down to the vet's and have her put to sleep. = put down

be asleep be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people

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

euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"

To rest in a state of reduced consciousness

a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"

In the Tradition different sort of dreamstates are indicated: lucid dreams, dreamless sleep, the sleep of assimilation, the sleep of Alifa, the sleep of Avasha, the rest of Arcana, etc All these states signify states which are only understood by initiates because they correspond with exactly those degrees of Initiation one can not divulge

A substance found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness)

A word often used in connection with hypnosis, but natural sleep is not the same as a hypnotic 'sleep'

be asleep

To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly

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

To be dead; to lie in the grave

A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state

wait for a given period

a torpid state resembling sleep a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"

be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"

To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge

The state in which a thread completely suspends execution until another thread signals it that there is work to do

suspend execution for interval

If a building or room sleeps a particular number of people, it has beds for that number of people. The villa sleeps 10 and costs £530 per person for two weeks. see also sleeping

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{f} be in a state of sleep, fall asleep, slumber; enter into or be in a state that resembles sleep; be inattentive, be inactive; accommodate, provide with a place to sleep; be in the repose of death

noun - A drug Sleep is the only known drug that has the ability to make you want more with the less you take And if you get none of it, you want it very badly If you deny your addiction to sleep, the withdrawal sequence includes dozing off, smacking into things, lack of attention, and getting hit by parked cars

{i} unconscious state entered into by the body for the purpose of rest and rejuvenation (in humans and animals); period of rest; inactive state; repose of death; closing of leaves and petals at night

a torpid state resembling sleep

When you sleep, you rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body inactive. During the car journey, the baby slept a pool surrounded by sleeping sunbathers

of Sleep

One hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours after. - An hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours of sleep after midnight.

Tom said that he wanted to buy a couple of sleeping bags. - Tom said he wanted to buy a couple of sleeping bags.

If you say that you didn't lose any sleep over something, you mean that you did not worry about it at all. I didn't lose too much sleep over that investigation

to sleep rough: see rough. Natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored. Humans normally sleep at night, whereas nocturnal species sleep during the day. The average human sleep requirement is about 7.5 hours. Sleep is divided into two main types, REM (rapid-eye-movement) and NREM (non-REM); each recurs cyclically several times during a normal period of sleep. REM sleep is characterized by increased neuronal activity of the forebrain and midbrain, by depressed muscle tone, and by dreaming (see dream), rapid eye movements, and vascular congestion of the sex organs. NREM sleep is divided into four stages, the last of which is the deep, restorative, quiet sleep commonly associated with "a good night's rest." See also insomnia, narcolepsy

If you are trying to make a decision and you say that you will sleep on it, you mean that you will delay making a decision on it until the following day, so you have time to think about it