asleep
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2.9
- adjective
- /əˈslip/
:
adormecido
- A few Sundays later, after church, my foot fell asleep and refused to wake up.
- foot fell asleep
- leg fell asleep
- arm fell asleep
Like there were times where my leg was, would just go numb, like, just like a, like a not a numb, like not where I couldn't feel them, but like they were just asleep.
- Like there were times where my leg was, would just go numb, like, just like a, like a not a numb, like not where I couldn't feel them, but like they were just asleep.
- Like if you've ever had a dog sleep on you and your legs fall asleep.
- So when you touch, you know how you your foot falls asleep and you kind of slap and go That hurts.
- But one of my tricks for when I can't get enough sleep, there's a certain amount of hours that I feel like you can sleep before your face falls asleep.
Examples
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Seeing myself asleep, I touch my arm.
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His foot was asleep, and he winced as he put weight on it.
Fiction book (1992) -
For several weeks, my arm felt asleep, and for some months I could not practice.
Academic text (1991) -
I think my feet are asleep.
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The King lay down on a straw cot and fell asleep, hungry and thirsty.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the booths, men and women in checkered shirts and dresses nodded, half-asleep, over coffee.
Fiction book (2002) -
I sat in the same position for too long, and now my leg is asleep.
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After kneeling to pray, my foot felt asleep and I couldn't move it for a moment.
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When I woke up, my arm was asleep and tingling from being pressed against the wall.
Synonyms
57
3.1
Unable to feel a part of the body, often from cold or medicine
A part of the body that has no feeling so you cannot feel touch
Without feeling in part of the body because of cold, shock, or strong emotion
Antonyms
Idioms
- Formal
To die as a Christian who trusts in God and expects life after death
How Numb
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word asleep comes from a- 'in' and sleep, and people use it as a picture: a hand 'in sleep' feels numb as if it is resting. That's why a limb 'asleep' means it has little feeling until it wakes again.