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sleeping with one's fathers

sleeping with one's fathers is the present participle and gerund of sleep with one's fathers.

Meaning of sleep with one's fathers

Verb

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

  1. (dated, literary, obsolete) To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die; also, to be dead.

Questions about sleeping with one's fathers

What is sleeping with one's fathers the present participle and gerund of?
Sleeping with one's fathers is the present participle and gerund of sleep with one's fathers.

Words near sleeping with one's fathers in the dictionary

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

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