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Adjective sleeping has 1 sense

dormant, sleeping - lying with head on paws as if sleeping
Antonyms: erect, vertical, upright (indirect, via unerect)

Noun sleeping has 3 senses

sleeping - the state of being asleep
--₁ is a kind of sleep, slumber
--₁ has parts: dream, dreaming
Antonyms: waking

Derived form: verb sleep₁
quiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleeping - quiet and inactive restfulness
--₂ is a kind of rest, ease, repose, relaxation
--₂ has particulars: vegetation
sleeping - the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate
--₃ is a kind of bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
--₃ has particulars:
sleepwalking, somnambulism, somnambulation, noctambulism, noctambulation; sleep talking, somniloquy, somniloquism; nap, catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze; doze, drowse

Verb sleep has 2 senses

sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's - be asleep
--₁ is one way to rest
Antonyms: wake

Derived forms: noun sleep₃, noun sleep₁, noun sleeper₁, noun sleeping₁
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue sleep
sleep - be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"
--₂ is one way to accommodate, hold, admit

Derived forms: noun sleep₃, noun sleeper₆, noun sleeper₅
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody