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half-sleep
Translations
half-sleeps
pl
Denotes a state of drowsiness; can behave as countable or uncountable.
She lay in half-sleep, aware of the birds but unable to open her eyes.
Elle était dans un demi-sommeil, consciente des oiseaux mais incapable d’ouvrir les yeux.
Additional translations
half-slept
Past Simple
half-slept
Past Participle
half-sleeping
Gerund
Intransitive verb meaning ‘to sleep lightly or in a semi-conscious state’.
He half-slept through most of the flight.
Il a somnolé pendant la majeure partie du vol.
Attributive use describing a state that is neither fully awake nor fully asleep.
In a half-sleep stupor, he mumbled a reply.
Dans une torpeur somnolente, il a marmonné une réponse.
Definitions
She lay in half-sleep, aware of the birds but unable to open her eyes.
He half-slept through most of the flight.
In a half-sleep stupor, he mumbled a reply.