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asleep definition
asleep |
Overview of adj asleep The adj asleep has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (9) asleep -- (in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel") 2. asleep, benumbed, numb -- (lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold") 3. asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone -- ((euphemistic) "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend") Overview of adv asleep The adv asleep has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) asleep -- (into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep") 2. asleep -- (in the sleep of death) Antonyms of adj asleep 3 senses of asleep Sense 1 asleep(prenominal) (vs. awake) awake(prenominal) (vs. asleep) => astir(prenominal), up(prenominal) => awakened => insomniac, sleepless, watchful => unsleeping, wide-awake => waking(postnominal) Sense 2 asleep(prenominal), benumbed, numb INDIRECT (VIA insensible) -> sensible, sensitive Sense 3 asleep(prenominal), at peace(prenominal), at rest(prenominal), deceased, departed, gone INDIRECT (VIA dead) -> alive Similarity of adj asleep 3 senses of asleep Sense 1 asleep(prenominal) (vs. awake) => at rest(postnominal) => dormant, hibernating(postnominal), torpid => drowsy, drowsing(postnominal), dozy, dozing(postnominal), napping(postnominal), nodding(postnominal) => fast asleep(prenominal), sound asleep(prenominal) => hypnoid => sleeping(postnominal), slumbering(postnominal) => sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded => slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent => unawakened Also See-> unaware#1; unconscious#1 Sense 2 asleep(prenominal), benumbed, numb => insensible (vs. sensible) Sense 3 asleep(prenominal), at peace(prenominal), at rest(prenominal), deceased, departed, gone => dead (vs. alive) Attributes of adj asleep Familiarity of adj asleep asleep used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj asleep asleep fast asleep sound asleep Overview of adj asleep The adj asleep has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (9) asleep -- (in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel") 2. asleep, benumbed, numb -- (lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold") 3. asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone -- ((euphemistic) "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend") Overview of adv asleep The adv asleep has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) asleep -- (into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep") 2. asleep -- (in the sleep of death)
asleep definition
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