sleeping

Type of:: sleep, slumber
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

Types:: vegetation
inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life

Type of:: ease, relaxation, repose, rest
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism
walking by a person who is asleep; sleep talking, somniloquism, somniloquy
uttering speech while asleep; cat sleep, catnap, forty winks, nap, short sleep, snooze
sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed); doze, drowse
a light fitful sleep; siesta
a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries); zizz
a nap

Type of:: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process
an organic process that takes place in the body

DEFINITIONS OF: sleeping