asleep

Definition

  • adjective: in a state of sleep
  • adjective: being in a state of sleep
  • synonyms: a stranger to, anesthetized, asleep in jesus

Examples

  • I woke up and I couldn't 'fall' back 'asleep'. [=I couldn't go to sleep again]

  • We were still 'half asleep' when we went to school the next morning.

  • One moment she was 'sound asleep', the next she was wide awake!

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Make it move. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Move! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,-Move!\N-He's asleep! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,He's boring. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Sorry about him. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,-No problems, l trust, Hagrid?\N-No, sir. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Little tyke fell asleep just\Nas we were flying over Bristol. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Try not to wake him. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,There you go. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone