asleep
Adjective · AdverbUS[uh-sleep]/əˈslip/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (3)
- in a state of sleep“were all asleep when the phone rang”“fell asleep at the wheel”Opposite awakeSimilar sleepy, dormant, slumberous, drowsy, at rest, unawakened, fast asleep, hypnoidSee also unaware, unconscious
- lacking sensation“my foot is asleep”“numb with cold”Synonyms: benumbednumbOpposite sensibleSimilar insensible
- dead“he is deceased”“our dear departed friend”Synonyms: at peaceat restdeceaseddepartedgoneOpposite aliveSimilar dead
Adverb (2)
- into a sleeping state“he fell asleep”
- in the sleep of death
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Translations
Adjective in a state of sleep
- Spanish
- dormido
- French
- endormi
- Italian
- addormentato
- Russian
- спя́щий spjáščij
- Chinese
- 熟睡 shúshuì
- Greek
- αποκοιμισμένος apokoimisménos
- Indonesian
- tertidur
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 熟睡 shúshuì
- Catalan
- adormit
- Finnish
- unessa
Adjective numb or prickling
- Spanish
- dormido
- Polish
- zdrętwiały
- Korean
- 저리다 jeorida
- Catalan
- adormit
- Finnish
- puutunut
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
A·sleep′ adjective & adverb
Origin: Pref. a- + sleep.
1. In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
Fast asleep the giant lay supine.— John Dryden
By whispering winds soon lulled asleep.— John Milton
2. In the sleep of the grave; dead.
Concerning them which are asleep... sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.— 1 Thess. iv. 13.
3. Numbed, and, usually, tingling. Nicholas Udall
Leaning long upon any part maketh it numb, and, as we call it, asleep.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54