asleep

[A*sleepĀ·]

If you're asleep, you're not awake and reading this. A baby might find it hard to fall asleep without being held and rocked.

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In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.

Adverb
into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep"

Adverb
in the sleep of death


a. & adv.
In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.

a. & adv.
In the sleep of the grave; dead.

a. & adv.
Numbed, and, usually, tingling.


Asleep

A*sleep", a. & adv. [Pref. a- + sleep.] 1. In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
Fast asleep the giant lay supine.
By whispering winds soon lulled asleep.
2. In the sleep of the grave; dead.
Concerning them which are asleep . . . sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
3. Numbed, and, usually, tingling. Udall.
Leaning long upon any part maketh it numb, and, as we call it, asleep.

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.

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Usage Examples

Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.

In Sleep we lie all naked and alone, in Sleep we are united at the heart of night and darkness, and we are strange and beautiful asleep for we are dying the darkness and we know no death.

I cannot stress enough that the answer to life's questions is often in people's faces. Try putting your iPhones down once in a while, and look in people's faces. People's faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry, or nauseous or asleep.

Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album. So I'm very familiar with the Beatles Ringo was my favorite Beatle until I grew up and then changed. I made the switch over to George Harrison just in time to regain my cool.

My dad dragged me to a Bruce Springsteen concert as a kid. It was my first concert, but I fell asleep in the middle. My second concert was Weezer on the 'Pinkerton' tour, and 'Pinkerton' is the reason why I'm doing this.

Lidia Bastianich, sorry, but kind of boring. I mean, I love Lidia, but you can fall asleep watching her. And Mario Batali? I love Mario to death... but he's not romantic or sensual. Those are the things I bring to the table.

I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Good dreams don't come cheap, you've got to pay for them and If you just dream when you're asleep this is no way for them to come alive... to survive.

Gradually it occurred to me that we spend a great deal of life asleep and that dreams are little narratives, little stories. I thought, 'Who's choreographing this stuff?'

But you can't focus on things that matter if all you've been is asleep for forty years. Funny how sleep rhymes with sheep. You know.

I'm on so late I'm definitely the last seconds of anyone's attention. So I just want to give them something dumb to laugh at, so they go, 'That's funny,' then fall asleep.

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.

I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now?

I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies.

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.

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