Meaning of ASLEEP
| Pronunciation: | | u'sleep
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- [adv] into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep"
- [adv] in the sleep of death
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| | Definition: | | Asleep
A woman sleepwalks after the loss of her lover. Another is in love with a man whose wife is in a coma. And a third is unable to sleep because she is haunted by someone she wronged. These three novellas about sleep in its various aspects are by one of Japan`s most popular writers. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \A*sleep"\, a. & adv. [Pref. a- + sleep.]
1. In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
Fast asleep the giant lay supine. --Dryden.
By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. --Milton.
2. In the sleep of the grave; dead.
Concerning them which are asleep . . . sorrow not,
even as others which have no hope. --1 Thess. iv.
13.
3. Numbed, and, usually, tingling. --Udall.
Leaning long upon any part maketh it numb, and, as
we call it, asleep. --Bacon.
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