Asleep Definition
ə-slēp
adjective
In a condition of sleep; sleeping.
Webster's New World
Inactive; dormant.
American Heritage
Inactive; dull; sluggish.
Webster's New World
Indifferent.
Politicians who are asleep to the needs of their constituents.
American Heritage
Numb except for a prickly feeling.
My arm is asleep.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adverb
In or into a state of sleep.
American Heritage
Into a sleeping or inactive condition.
Webster's New World
In or into a state of apathy or indifference.
American Heritage
Into a state of numbness.
American Heritage
Into the sleep of the dead.
American Heritage
Origin of Asleep
-
From a- (“in, on”) + sleep
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