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SLEEPING BEAUTY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("sleeping beauty" is a kind of...):

takeover target; target company (a company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

princess (a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who is sleeping soundly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sleeping beauty" is a kind of...):

sleeper; slumberer (a rester who is sleeping)

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