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sleepered

sleepered is the simple past and past participle of sleeper.

Meaning of sleeper

Verb

sleeper (third-person singular simple present sleepers, present participle sleepering, simple past and past participle sleepered)

  1. (rare) To mark a calf by cutting its ear.
    • I expect there ain't a trick to maverickin' and sleeperin' and changin' a brand he don't know.1963, Jack Schaefer, Monte Walsh, page 81

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Adjective

sleepered (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds, usually) Relating to railway sleepers.
    • The line from Nyon to La Cure (17½ miles) was opened in 1916, and is on independent track throughout, leaving the road immediately after passing under the Swiss Federal line from Lausanne to Geneva, where grooved tramrails with tie-bars give place to steel-sleepered track.1954 September, George Behrend, “The Nyon-St. Cergue-Morez Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 605
    • Nor, having married coach and bogie design successfully, does it follow that good riding will ensue, whatever the track carrying it—as the performance of B.R. standard coaches on flat-bottom, concrete-sleepered track bears witness.1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The riding of B.R. coaches”, in Trains Illustrated, page 705

Questions about sleepered

What does sleepered mean?
Sleepered means relating to railway sleepers.
What is sleepered the simple past and past participle of?
Sleepered is the simple past and past participle of sleeper.
What part of speech is sleepered?
Sleepered is an adjective.

Words near sleepered in the dictionary

  1. sleeper pick
  2. sleeper shark
  3. sleeper sharks
  4. sleeper ship
  5. sleeper ships
  6. sleepered
  7. sleeperette
  8. sleeperettes
  9. sleepering
  10. sleeperless
  11. sleepers

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