asleep
11asleep — [[t]əsli͟ːp[/t]] 1) ADJ: v link ADJ Someone who is asleep is sleeping. My four year old daughter was asleep on the sofa. Ant: awake 2) PHRASE: V inflects When you fall asleep, you start sleeping. Sam snuggled down in his pillow and fell asleep.… …
12asleep */*/ — UK [əˈsliːp] / US [əˈslɪp] adjective [never before noun] 1) not awake Are you asleep yet? fast/sound/deeply asleep (= sleeping very deeply): The children are fast asleep in their rooms. half asleep (= not fully awake): I groped for the phone,… …
13asleep — adj. VERBS ▪ be, lie, seem ▪ The baby lay peacefully asleep in its cradle. ▪ All the houses seemed asleep. ▪ fall ▪ …
14asleep — Synonyms and related words: a stranger to, anesthetized, asleep in Jesus, at rest, benumbed, bereft of life, blind to, breathless, called home, callous, carrion, cataleptic, catatonic, caught napping, cold, comatose, croaked, dead, dead and gone …
15asleep — adj. 1) to be fast, sound asleep 2) to fall asleep * * * [ə sliːp] sound asleep to be fast to fall asleep …
16asleep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sleeping; dozing, napping; quiescent, dormant; numb; dead (See death). See inactivity, inattention. Ant., awake, alert. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sleeping, dreaming, inert, quiet, resting, snoring …
17asleep — a•sleep [[t]əˈslip[/t]] adv. 1) in or into a state of sleep: to fall asleep quickly[/ex] 2) into a dormant or inactive state; to rest: Put your doubts asleep[/ex] 3) into the state of death 4) sleeping: He is asleep[/ex] 5) dormant; inactive 6)… …
18asleep — /euh sleep /, adv. 1. in or into a state of sleep: He fell asleep quickly. 2. into a dormant or inactive state; to rest: Their anxieties were put asleep. 3. into the state of death. adj. 4. sleeping: He is asleep. 5. dormant; inactive. 6. (of the …
19asleep — adjective a) In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. I was asleep when you called. b) Inattentive. Never disturb a man asleep. Ant: aw …
20asleep — adv 1. fast asleep, sound asleep, dead asleep, in or into a deep sleep, in or into a coma. adj 2. sleeping, resting, reposing, slumbering, dozing, drowsing, Inf. snoozing, Sl. logging z s; somnolent, soporose, soporous; dead to the world, Inf.… …
