asleepadjective [ after verb ]
uk/əˈsliːp/us/əˈsliːp/B1 sleeping or not awake:
I'm surprised to see you awake - ten minutes ago you were fast/sound (= completely) asleep.
I've only just got up and I'm still half asleep (= not completely awake).
If your arm or leg is asleep, it cannot feel anything because it has been in the same position for so long.
fall asleep
to start to sleep:
I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
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- We fell asleep on the train and woke up to find ourselves in Calais.
- He waited until his daughter was asleep, then tiptoed quietly out of the room.
- The film was so boring I fell asleep.
- He'd spent the entire journey asleep.
- She slipped between the cool cotton sheets and was soon asleep.
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Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
- beauty
- bed
- bunk
- bye-byes
- catnap
- conk
- delayed sleep phase pattern
- disco nap
- hit
- kip
- sleep over
- sleeper
- sleepyhead
- slept
- sound
- soundly
- tuck
- tuck sb in
- turn
- turn in
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