Asleep | Mean of asleep in English Dictionary

/əˈsliːp/

• in a state of sleep
1. “Are you asleep?” “No, I'm awake.”
2. He tries to clean up the house while the kids are asleep.
3. The cats are asleep on the floor.
4. She was still asleep at noon.
5. It was late at night and everyone was fast asleep.
6. One moment she was sound asleep, the next she was wide awake!
7. We were still half asleep when we went to school the next morning.
• lacking any feeling
1. My foot's asleep.
• to begin sleeping
1. She fell asleep during the movie.
2. I woke up and I couldn't fall back asleep. [=I couldn't go to sleep again]