asleep

[ uh-sleep ]

/ əˈslip /

adverb

in or into a state of sleep: He fell asleep quickly.

into a dormant or inactive state; to rest: Their anxieties were put asleep.

into the state of death.

adjective

sleeping: He is asleep.

dormant; inactive.

(of the foot, hand, leg, etc.) numb.

dead.

Origin of asleep

before 1000; Middle English o slæpe, aslepe, Old English on slǣpe; see a-¹, sleep

OTHER WORDS FROM asleep

half-a·sleep, adjective qua·si-a·sleep, adjective, adverb

Words nearby asleep

askos, asl, asla, aslant, aslaug, asleep, asleep at the switch, aslef, aslib, aslope, aslosh

Example sentences from the Web for half-asleep

Sally, the American student, was half-asleep at a corner table after a pub crawl.

Rome’s Deadly Pub Crawls Kill American College Student |Barbie Latza Nadeau |March 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And he rammed his own rifle one inch from the face of the half-asleep figure.

The Night the SEALS Captured the Butcher of Fallujah |Patrick Robinson |November 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Women brought their half-asleep children and I drew on my stock of sweets.

The Immigrant Tide, Its Ebb and Flow |Edward A. Steiner
You're half-asleep, when in the darkened ward some one jumps up in bed, shouting, "Hold your bloody hands up."

The Glory of the Trenches |Coningsby Dawson

There was no skurrying of rabbits, or twitter of the half-asleep birds.

Grim Tales |Edith Nesbit
The serpents were motionless in their glass house, and lay, half-asleep, curled around the trunks of trees.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVI, July 1852, Vol. V |Various
The Mexican horse-wrangler was a lazy looking, half-asleep fellow; but he sat a pony as though he had grown in the saddle.

Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch |Alice B. Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for half-asleep (1 of 2)

half-asleep

adjective

neither fully asleep nor awake

British Dictionary definitions for half-asleep (2 of 2)

asleep

/ (əˈsliːp) /

adjective (postpositive)

in or into a state of sleep

in or into a dormant or inactive state

(of limbs, esp when the blood supply to them has been restricted) numb; lacking sensation

euphemistic dead

Medical definitions for half-asleep

asleep

[ ə-slēp′ ]

adj.

In a state of sleep; sleeping.

Numb, as of a limb.

Dead.

adv.

In or into a state of sleep.

In or into a state of apathy or indifference.

Into the sleep of the dead.

Idioms and Phrases with half-asleep

asleep

In addition to the idiom beginning with asleep

asleep at the switch

also see:

fall asleep

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asleep

adverb

adjective

Origin of asleep

OTHER WORDS FROM asleep

Words nearby asleep

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British Dictionary definitions for half-asleep (1 of 2)

adjective

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adjective (postpositive)

Medical definitions for half-asleep

adj.

adv.

Idioms and Phrases with half-asleep

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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asleep

adverb

adjective

Origin of asleep

OTHER WORDS FROM asleep

Words nearby asleep

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adjective

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adjective (postpositive)

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adj.

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