asleep

Words with a similar base: asleep

'asleep'

[asleep.a.01] as in: in a state of sleep

Examples:
were all asleep when the phone rang
fell asleep at the wheel

'asleep'

[asleep.s.01] as in: lacking sensation

Examples:
my foot is asleep
numb with cold

'asleep'

[asleep.s.02] as in: dead

Examples:
he is deceased
our dear departed friend

'asleep'

[asleep.r.01] as in: into a sleeping state

Examples:
he fell asleep

'asleep'

[asleep.r.02] as in: in the sleep of death

Origins

					asleep (English)
├── a- (English)
│   ├── a- (Anglo-Norman)
│   │   └── e- (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│   │       └── ex- (Latin)
│   ├── a- (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   └── a- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   ├── ab (Latin)
│   └── ἀ- (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── sleep (English)
    ├── sleep (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   └── slæp (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── slepen (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── slæpan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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