word-vault/dist/data/cards/as/asleep.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "asleep",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "sleeping",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I waited until they were all **fast asleep** *(= sleeping deeply)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The baby was **sound asleep** *(= sleeping deeply)* upstairs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was so exhausted that he **fell asleep** at his desk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My mother **fell asleep at the wheel** *(= while driving)* and crashed into a tree."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was still **half asleep** *(= not fully awake)* when she arrived at work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police found him asleep in a garage."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "lie", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["deeply", "fast", "sound"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to describe a part of the body that has no feeling in it, usually because it has been in the same position for too long",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't move straight away, as my leg was completely asleep."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "numb"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not paying enough attention to what you need to do",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were asleep on the job as the financial crisis deepened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Somebody must have been asleep at the switch to allow this to happen."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsliːp/",
                "audio": "as/asleep/asleep__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsliːp/",
                "audio": "as/asleep/asleep__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}