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Definition of asleep adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

asleep

adjective
 
/əˈsliːp/
 
/əˈsliːp/
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  1. sleeping
    • I waited until they were all fast asleep (= sleeping deeply).
    • The baby was sound asleep (= sleeping deeply) upstairs.
    • He was so exhausted that he fell asleep at his desk.
    • My mother fell asleep at the wheel (= while driving) and crashed into a tree.
    • She was still half asleep (= not fully awake) when she arrived at work.
    • The police found him asleep in a garage.
    opposite awake
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • lie
    • seem
    adverb
    • deeply
    • fast
    • sound
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  2. used to describe a part of the body that has no feeling in it, usually because it has been in the same position for too long synonym numb
    • I couldn't move straight away, as my leg was completely asleep.
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Idioms
asleep on the job | asleep at the wheel
(North American English also asleep at the switch)
  1. not paying enough attention to what you need to do
    • They were asleep on the job as the financial crisis deepened.
    • Let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel.
    • Somebody must have been asleep at the switch to allow this to happen.
See asleep in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee asleep in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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