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coldsleeping

coldsleeping is the present participle and gerund of coldsleep.

Meaning of coldsleep

Verb

coldsleep (third-person singular simple present coldsleeps, present participle coldsleeping, simple past and past participle coldslept)

  1. To experience deep sleep whilst the body is stored at a very cold temperature; to engage in cryogenic sleep.
    • Damnation, he was quite capable of refusing to let me cold-sleep.1956 October, Robert A. Heinlein, “The Door into Summer”, in Anthony Boucher, editor, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 11, number 4
    Synonyms:
    cryopreserve

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Questions about coldsleeping

What is coldsleeping the present participle and gerund of?
Coldsleeping is the present participle and gerund of coldsleep.

Words near coldsleeping in the dictionary

  1. colds
  2. coldshoulder
  3. coldshoulders
  4. coldslaw
  5. coldsleep
  6. coldsleeping
  7. coldsleeps
  8. coldslept
  9. coldsome
  10. coldspot
  11. coldspots

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