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sleeping with

sleeping with is the present participle and gerund of sleep with.

Meaning of sleep with

Verb

sleep with (third-person singular simple present sleeps with, present participle sleeping with, simple past and past participle slept with)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To have sexual intercourse with.
    • K.T. Oslin once made a living as a Broadway chorus girl, and when she turned to country in her mid-40s, it was to sing about such nonbucolic topics such as older women sleeping with younger men.2001 June 24, "Country Rocks", Time
  2. (literal) To share a bed or bedroom with.
    • My daughter has to sleep with her teddy bear or she gets scared.
    Synonyms:
    copulate with, sleep

Questions about sleeping with

What is sleeping with the present participle and gerund of?
Sleeping with is the present participle and gerund of sleep with.

Words near sleeping with in the dictionary

  1. sleeping table
  2. sleeping tables
  3. sleeping tablet
  4. sleeping tablets
  5. sleeping together
  6. sleeping with
  7. sleeping with one eye open
  8. sleeping with one's fathers
  9. sleeping with the fishes
  10. sleepingly
  11. sleepings

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