What is "asleep" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does asleep mean in English? Meaning of asleep definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "asleep" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "asleep": in a state of sleep

Adjective

  • Meaning: in a state of sleep
  • Example: were all asleep when the phone rang fell asleep at the wheel
  • Synonyms: asleep
  • Antonyms: awake
  • Similar: at rest dormant dozy drowsing drowsy fast asleep hibernating hypnoid sleepy sleepy-eyed sleepyheaded slumberous slumbery slumbrous somnolent sound asleep torpid unawakened
  • Also see: incognizant unaware unconscious
  • Meaning of "asleep": into a sleeping state

    Adverb

  • Meaning: into a sleeping state
  • Example: he fell asleep
  • Synonyms: asleep
  • Meaning of "asleep": lacking sensation

    Adjective

  • Meaning: lacking sensation
  • Example: my foot is asleep numb with cold
  • Synonyms: asleep benumbed numb
  • Similar: insensible
  • Meaning of "asleep": in the sleep of death

    Adverb

  • Meaning: in the sleep of death
  • Synonyms: asleep
  • Meaning of "asleep": dead

    Adjective

  • Meaning: dead
  • Example: he is deceased our dear departed friend
  • Synonyms: asleep at peace at rest deceased departed gone
  • Similar: dead
  • Adjective: In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. I was asleep when you called. Never disturb a man asleep.(slang) Inattentive. How could you miss that? Were you asleep?(of a body part) Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness. My arm fell asleep. You know, like pins and needles. 2003, Norma L. Bronoski, Nuns Don't Dance, Louisa sat in the car crying, until her foot fell asleep. She shook her foot violently, afraid the numbness would turn to frostbite.2003, Norma L. Bronoski, Nuns Don't Dance, Louisa sat in the car crying, until her foot fell asleep. She shook her foot violently, afraid the numbness would turn to frostbite.(euphemistic) dead
  • Synonyms:

    dormant, comatose, dreaming, inactive, inert, out cold, out, resting, sleeping, somnolent, conked, crashed, dozing, flaked out, getting shut-eye, hibernating, in dreamland, in repose, napping, on the kip, out like a light, out of it, reposing, sacked out, slumbering, snoozing, snoring, taking forty winks, catching some zzz's,

    Antonyms:

    awake, attentive, conscious,

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    asleep in English: asleep
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