sleeping
adj 1: (heraldry) lying with head on paws as if sleeping [syn: {dormant(ip)}]
2: lying asleep; "don't wake the sleeping children"; "gazed
with affection at his slumbering form" [syn: {sleeping(a)},
{slumbering(a)}]
n 1: the state of being asleep [ant: {waking}]
2: quiet and inactive restfulness [syn: {quiescence}, {quiescency},
{dormancy}]
3: the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic
rate