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coldsleeps

coldsleeps is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 coldsleeps

What is coldsleeps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Coldsleeps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of coldsleep.

Words near coldsleeps in the dictionary

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

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