fast+asleep
11asleep */*/ — UK [əˈsliːp] / US [əˈslɪp] adjective [never before noun] 1) not awake Are you asleep yet? fast/sound/deeply asleep (= sleeping very deeply): The children are fast asleep in their rooms. half asleep (= not fully awake): I groped for the phone,… …
12fast — 1. adjective 1 MOVING QUICKLY a) moving or travelling quickly: Burell is the fastest runner in the world. | The first pitch was fast and hard. b) able to travel or move very quickly: a fast car. | The horse was fast but not a good jumper. 2 IN A… …
13fast — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fæst; akin to Old High German festi firm, Old Norse fastr, Armenian hast Date: before 12th century 1. a. firmly fixed < roots fast in the ground > b. tightly shut < the drawers were fast > …
14asleep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sleeping; dozing, napping; quiescent, dormant; numb; dead (See death). See inactivity, inattention. Ant., awake, alert. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sleeping, dreaming, inert, quiet, resting, snoring …
15asleep — Synonyms and related words: a stranger to, anesthetized, asleep in Jesus, at rest, benumbed, bereft of life, blind to, breathless, called home, callous, carrion, cataleptic, catatonic, caught napping, cold, comatose, croaked, dead, dead and gone …
16fast — fast1 [ fæst ] adjective *** ▸ 1 quick ▸ 2 exciting ▸ 3 of a clock ▸ 4 of film ▸ 5 of colors ▸ 6 of a woman ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) able to move quickly: Simon loves fast cars. a chance for runners to show how fast they are a ) done quickly: It was a… …
17fast — I UK [fɑːst] / US [fæst] adjective Word forms fast : adjective fast comparative faster superlative fastest *** 1) able to move quickly Simon loves fast cars. a chance for runners to show how fast they are a) done quickly It was quite a fast… …
18fast — fast1 /fast, fahst/, adj., faster, fastest, adv., faster, fastest, n. adj. 1. moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker. 2. done in comparatively… …
19asleep — adv 1. fast asleep, sound asleep, dead asleep, in or into a deep sleep, in or into a coma. adj 2. sleeping, resting, reposing, slumbering, dozing, drowsing, Inf. snoozing, Sl. logging z s; somnolent, soporose, soporous; dead to the world, Inf.… …
20fast — I [[t]fæst, fɑst[/t]] adj. and adv. er, est, n. 1) moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast typist[/ex] 2) done in or taking comparatively little time: a fast race; fast… …
