"sleepbound" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sleepbound.wav
Etymology: From sleep + bound. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sleep|bound}} sleep + bound Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sleepbound (not comparable)
  1. (poetic) asleep Tags: not-comparable, poetic
    Sense id: en-sleepbound-en-adj-6lGublSP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sleep Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Sleep: 66 34 Synonyms: dead to the world, down for the count, asleep, cold, comatose [informal], dead to the world, dormant, down for the count [figuratively], nangry [Australia, obsolete], out cold, out like a light [colloquial], sacked out [idiomatic], sleepbound [poetic], sleeping, somnambular, unawakening, unawaking, unwaking
  2. (poetic) sleepy Tags: not-comparable, poetic
    Sense id: en-sleepbound-en-adj-50yhO0wK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Synonyms: drowsy, somnolent, adrowse, bedroomy, dozy, dopey, dragging one's tail, drowsy, eyelids at half-mast, nodding off, oscitant, out of steam, sleepbound [poetic], sleepish, sleepy, slombry [obsolete], snoozy, slumberful [poetic], slumberous, slumbersome, slumbery, somniculous [obsolete], somnolent, somnolescent, tired
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          "word": "dragging one's tail"
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