Word: sleeping
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: slee
ping
Definition: Present participle of sleep; euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Morphemes:
Affix: sleep
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To be dead; to lie in the grave.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.