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asleep

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a·sleep  (-slp)
adj.
1. In a state of sleep; sleeping.
2.
a. Inactive; dormant.
b. Indifferent: politicians who are asleep to the needs of their constituents.
3. Numb, especially from reduced circulation of blood to a limb: My leg is asleep.
4. Dead.
adv.
1. In or into a state of sleep.
2. In or into a state of apathy or indifference.
3. Into a state of numbness.
4. Into the sleep of the dead.

asleep
Adjective
1. in or into a state of sleep
2. (of limbs) numb
3. Informal not listening or paying attention
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.asleep - in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel"
incognizant, unaware - (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known"
unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"
awake - not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"
2.asleep - lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
insensible - incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"
3.asleep - dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"
euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
Adv.1.asleep - into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep"
2.asleep - in the sleep of death

asleep
adjective sleeping, napping, dormant, crashed out (slang) dozing, slumbering, snoozing (informal) fast asleep, sound asleep, out for the count, dead to the world (informal) in a deep sleep
Translations
Spanish asleep [əˈsliːp] adjdormido;
to fall asleep → dormirse, quedarse dormido

French asleep [əˈsliːp] adjendormi(e);
to be asleep → dormir, être endormi;
to fall asleep → s'endormir

German asleep [əˈsliːp] adjschlafend;
to be asleep → schlafen;
to fall asleep → einschlafen

Italian asleep [əˈsliːp] adjaddormentato/a;
to be asleep → dormire;
to fall asleep → addormentarsi

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Now for the first time he FELT that he was asleep and dreaming.
That she looked at the candle she had left burning, and, measuring the time like King Alfred the Great, was confirmed by its wasted state in her belief that she had been asleep for some considerable period.
While he lay sound asleep in the shade, other people were wide awake, and passed to and fro, afoot, on horseback, and in all sorts of vehicles, along the sunny road by his bedchamber.
 
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