Sleeping (4)
'sleeping' is the definition.
(to be abed is to be asleep)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for abed that I've seen before include "at rest" , "how we all hope to go?" , "in retirement, possibly?" , "Tucked up for the night" , "going to sleep?" .)
'sleeping' is the definition.
(I know that sleeping can be written as dormant)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for dormant that I've seen before include "asleep" , "Deeply sleeping" , "Inert" , "Temporarily inactive, being mordant" , "Sleeping or inactive, say volcano" .)