asleep
adj/əˈsliːp/
Etymology
From Middle English aslepe, equivalent to a- (“in, on”) + sleep.
- inherited from aslepe
Definitions
In a state of sleep
In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
- I was asleep when you called.
- Never disturb a man asleep.
Inattentive.
- How could you miss that? Were you asleep?
- The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.
Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness.
- My arm fell asleep. You know, like pins and needles.
- Louisa sat in the car crying, until her foot fell asleep. She shook her foot violently, afraid the numbness would turn to frostbite.
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Dead.
The neighborhood
- synonymasleep
- synonymcold
- synonymcomatose
- synonymdead to the world
- synonymdormant
- synonymdown for the count
- synonymin the arms of Morpheus
- synonymin the arms of Murphy
- synonymnangry
- synonymout cold
- synonymout like a light
- synonymsacked out
- antonymawake
- neighborpins and needles
- neighborsleepy
- neighborinactive
- neighborunconscious
- neighborVery asleep
- neighbordead asleep
- neighborfast asleep
- neighborsound asleep
- neighborzonked
- neighborSlightly asleep
- neighboradoze
- neighborhalf-asleep
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at asleep. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at asleep. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at asleep
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA