asleep
part of speech
adjective (asleep — only after a verb: be asleep, fall asleep)
meaning for a pupil
1) Sleeping. tree →
2) Of an arm or leg: numb and tingly because you sat on it too long: «My foot is asleep». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalms God is pictured as waking like a sleeper. In Jonah the prophet sleeps in the ship during the storm. Interpretation: Tradition says that God does not really sleep. The picture shows how God's help can seem far away until He acts. Jonah's sleep is read as his attempt to run from his mission. In the primary lessons: In health lessons: children need about 9–12 hours of sleep; screens and sugar before bed make it harder to fall asleep; a regular bedtime helps. In safety: don't fall asleep in the sun or in the bath; drivers must not fall asleep. In stories: Sleeping Beauty was asleep for a hundred years. Phrases: fall asleep, fast asleep, sound asleep, half asleep, asleep at the wheel.
examples
- Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine. (Writings PSA.78.65, JPS 1917) tree →
- But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. (Prophets JON.1.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, that glideth down smoothly for my beloved, moving gently the lips of those that are asleep.' (Writings SNG.7.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The baby is asleep. tree →
- I fell asleep during the film. tree →
- Shh — Grandpa is fast asleep. tree →
- Turn off screens an hour before bed so you fall asleep easily. tree →
- My leg went to sleep and now it's tingly. tree →
- The cat was sound asleep on the sofa. tree →
- Bears are asleep for much of the winter. tree →
- Are you still asleep? tree →
- And he fell asleep again directly. tree →
note
Use it after the verb: «The dog is asleep», not «the asleep dog» (say «the sleeping dog»). Opposite: awake. «Fast asleep» means deeply asleep, not quickly. «Fall asleep» — past: fell asleep.
In the corpora
- But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
- Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.
- By eight o'clock Mum is asleep on the sofa with the telly still on.
- Many share a sofa, and some curl up asleep on the same rug, especially if they met when young.
- Long curved claws hook over branches, so a sloth can hang upside down for hours, even asleep, without tiring.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «asleep» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.