Asleep
adjective
Not awake and involved in a state of sleep.
My friend is asleep – they went to bed an hour ago.
Often appears as...
- fall asleep
- sound asleep
adjective
Not attentive or alert; inactive.
The security guard was asleep on the job when the burglary happened.
Often appears as...
- asleep at the wheel
- asleep on the job
adjective
Lacking sensation or feeling, often due to numbness.
After sitting in the same position for hours, my foot is asleep.
Often appears as...
- arm is asleep
- leg is asleep
adjective
Not awake and involved in a state of sleep.
My friend is asleep – they went to bed an hour ago.
Often appears as...
- fall asleep
- sound asleep
adjective
Not attentive or alert; inactive.
The security guard was asleep on the job when the burglary happened.
Often appears as...
- asleep at the wheel
- asleep on the job
adjective
Lacking sensation or feeling, often due to numbness.
After sitting in the same position for hours, my foot is asleep.
Often appears as...
- arm is asleep
- leg is asleep
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Complete Inactivity
Describes a person completely at rest, with no awareness of their surroundings.
She was so asleep that she didn't hear the thunderstorm.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Intensifier
Used to emphasize the length or depth of sleep.
He's been asleep for ten hours straight.
Pro Tip 3/3Peaceful Unawareness
Often implies that the sleeping person is untroubled and resting well.
The baby is asleep in her crib, dreaming sweetly.
Pro Tip 1/3Complete Inactivity
Describes a person completely at rest, with no awareness of their surroundings.
She was so asleep that she didn't hear the thunderstorm.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Intensifier
Used to emphasize the length or depth of sleep.
He's been asleep for ten hours straight.
Pro Tip 3/3Peaceful Unawareness
Often implies that the sleeping person is untroubled and resting well.
The baby is asleep in her crib, dreaming sweetly.
Pro Tip 1/3Complete Inactivity
Describes a person completely at rest, with no awareness of their surroundings.
She was so asleep that she didn't hear the thunderstorm.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Intensifier
Used to emphasize the length or depth of sleep.
He's been asleep for ten hours straight.
Pro Tip 3/3Peaceful Unawareness
Often implies that the sleeping person is untroubled and resting well.
The baby is asleep in her crib, dreaming sweetly.
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Are Red Pandas Friendly?...
If you see a red panda's tail very long or very fluffy. and they're out, when you see them asleep curled up in the branches, they actually use this tail to wrap them round so that actually helps keep them warm in their cold environment. The red pandas long tail also help keep in balance, as they're moving across the in the tree canopies as
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Why good leaders make...
There are inherent benefits to this. It means I can fall asleep at night and trust that someone from within my tribe will watch for danger. If we don't trust each other, if I don't trust you, that means you won't watch for danger. Bad system of survival. The modern day is exactly the same thing. The world is filled with danger,
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Give yourself permission...
and now they're sitting in bed and going, 'Who is this stupid poet?' And they can't fall asleep, right?" And that's his job as a poet. And so, I find that very liberating, because I think that most of us really want to offer the world something of quality, something that the world will consider good or important.
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Do Elephants Cry? PIPE...
and then she'll go there later on and get it all when they're all asleep. and they can't take it from her. But yeah, elephants do never forget. Why do elephants have cushioned feet? That's a really good question. Elephants have cushioned feet to help spread their weight a bit more,
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An Art Made of Trust,...
And if you fall asleep, which is very possible because it's been a long day, you're going to be transported to the parking lot. And you know, sleeping is very important. In sleeping, you're still receiving art. So in the parking lot you stay for a certain amount of time,
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The greatest machine...
look this thing could even compose music if you told it a representation of music numerically so this is what I call Lovelace asleep when you say she's a programmer she did do some but the real thing is to have said the future is going to be much
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For the Love of Jaguars...
but jaguars weren't always fully asleep. This was difficult, it was dangerous and it was great. It was my life. This was what I was meant for. One of the things which I noticed right away, in the early days is how jaguars have a voice.
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The reality constructed...
fried plantain for sale now the universities the universe lowered the sky joins them the clouds bursting in among them with a bit brought up with a broad promise of rain the key to the crowd lay asleep in a sofas cassock
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Top 5 Animals Living In...
even trees struggled to take root in the icy soil but life is possible even here an Arctic ground squirrel he spends his entire winter asleep I would like a light for eight months straight the
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How an Arctic Squirrel...
But life is possible even here. An arctic ground squirrel. He spends his entire winter asleep. Out like a light for eight months straight
Video examples
Are Red Pandas Friendly?...
If you see a red panda's tail very long or very fluffy. and they're out, when you see them asleep curled up in the branches, they actually use this tail to wrap them round so that actually helps keep them warm in their cold environment. The red pandas long tail also help keep in balance, as they're moving across the in the tree canopies as
Video examples
Why good leaders make...
There are inherent benefits to this. It means I can fall asleep at night and trust that someone from within my tribe will watch for danger. If we don't trust each other, if I don't trust you, that means you won't watch for danger. Bad system of survival. The modern day is exactly the same thing. The world is filled with danger,
Video examples
Give yourself permission...
and now they're sitting in bed and going, 'Who is this stupid poet?' And they can't fall asleep, right?" And that's his job as a poet. And so, I find that very liberating, because I think that most of us really want to offer the world something of quality, something that the world will consider good or important.
Video examples
Do Elephants Cry? PIPE...
and then she'll go there later on and get it all when they're all asleep. and they can't take it from her. But yeah, elephants do never forget. Why do elephants have cushioned feet? That's a really good question. Elephants have cushioned feet to help spread their weight a bit more,
Video examples
An Art Made of Trust,...
And if you fall asleep, which is very possible because it's been a long day, you're going to be transported to the parking lot. And you know, sleeping is very important. In sleeping, you're still receiving art. So in the parking lot you stay for a certain amount of time,
Video examples
The greatest machine...
look this thing could even compose music if you told it a representation of music numerically so this is what I call Lovelace asleep when you say she's a programmer she did do some but the real thing is to have said the future is going to be much
Video examples
For the Love of Jaguars...
but jaguars weren't always fully asleep. This was difficult, it was dangerous and it was great. It was my life. This was what I was meant for. One of the things which I noticed right away, in the early days is how jaguars have a voice.
Video examples
The reality constructed...
fried plantain for sale now the universities the universe lowered the sky joins them the clouds bursting in among them with a bit brought up with a broad promise of rain the key to the crowd lay asleep in a sofas cassock
Video examples
Top 5 Animals Living In...
even trees struggled to take root in the icy soil but life is possible even here an Arctic ground squirrel he spends his entire winter asleep I would like a light for eight months straight the
Video examples
How an Arctic Squirrel...
But life is possible even here. An arctic ground squirrel. He spends his entire winter asleep. Out like a light for eight months straight
Example 1 of 10
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Karl Lagerfeld
German Designer
No, and I never, ever eat in between the meals. I control it well enough and with no pills, and I sleep seven hours a night. I go to bed. I fall asleep, and I wake up seven hours later, and this is the most important.
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William Temple
English
When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
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Pedro Martinez
Dominican Athlete
I wasn't playing mind games with anybody, I just said what I said. I am responsible for it, but I wish everybody would fall asleep for that one and let me go out there and do my thing.
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Randy Houser
American Musician
That time, when everyone else is asleep, and it's just me and my little man, that's the best time I've ever spent in my life. I just get to love on him. It, literally, is the best.
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John Rampton
American Businessman
The first step to take to wake up earlier is to have a nighttime routine that not only encourages you to fall asleep but also guarantees you'll sleep soundly each and every night.
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Robin S. Sharma
Canadian Lawyer
While their competition is asleep, world-class leaders are up - and they're not watching the news or reading the paper. They are thinking, planning and practicing.
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Jenna Dewan
American Actress
In real life, being a new mom, I would like to be able to sleep. I'd like to snap my fingers and be asleep because I'm a little sleep-deprived, at the moment.
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Kevin McCloud
British Designer
If you said to me, 'Lie down on that concrete floor and fall asleep,' I could do it. I can sleep anywhere at any time of day on any surface.
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Neneh Cherry
Swedish Musician
I've never really thought of my real life - you know, the one I wake up to and fall asleep to at night - as being a pop star's life.
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Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
Quote examples
Karl Lagerfeld
German Designer
No, and I never, ever eat in between the meals. I control it well enough and with no pills, and I sleep seven hours a night. I go to bed. I fall asleep, and I wake up seven hours later, and this is the most important.
Quote examples
William Temple
English
When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Quote examples
Pedro Martinez
Dominican Athlete
I wasn't playing mind games with anybody, I just said what I said. I am responsible for it, but I wish everybody would fall asleep for that one and let me go out there and do my thing.
Quote examples
Randy Houser
American Musician
That time, when everyone else is asleep, and it's just me and my little man, that's the best time I've ever spent in my life. I just get to love on him. It, literally, is the best.
Quote examples
John Rampton
American Businessman
The first step to take to wake up earlier is to have a nighttime routine that not only encourages you to fall asleep but also guarantees you'll sleep soundly each and every night.
Quote examples
Robin S. Sharma
Canadian Lawyer
While their competition is asleep, world-class leaders are up - and they're not watching the news or reading the paper. They are thinking, planning and practicing.
Quote examples
Jenna Dewan
American Actress
In real life, being a new mom, I would like to be able to sleep. I'd like to snap my fingers and be asleep because I'm a little sleep-deprived, at the moment.
Quote examples
Kevin McCloud
British Designer
If you said to me, 'Lie down on that concrete floor and fall asleep,' I could do it. I can sleep anywhere at any time of day on any surface.
Quote examples
Neneh Cherry
Swedish Musician
I've never really thought of my real life - you know, the one I wake up to and fall asleep to at night - as being a pop star's life.
Quote examples
Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
Example 1 of 10
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