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half-sleep

Translations

half-sleepnoun
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.
Она лежала в дремоте, слышала птиц, но не могла открыть глаза.
Additional translations
полусонлитературный оттенок
полудрёмаразговорное
half-sleepverb
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.
Он дремал большую часть полёта.
Additional translations
подремывать
half-sleepadjective
Attributive use describing a state that is neither fully awake nor fully asleep.
In a half-sleep stupor, he mumbled a reply.
В полусонном ступоре он пробормотал ответ.
Additional translations
дремотныйредкое

Definitions

half-sleepnoun
A state of drowsiness or semi-consciousness between waking and sleeping.
She lay in half-sleep, aware of the birds but unable to open her eyes.
half-sleepverb
To sleep lightly; to doze in a semi-conscious state.
He half-slept through most of the flight.
half-sleepadjective
Relating to or characteristic of a state that is neither fully awake nor fully asleep.
In a half-sleep stupor, he mumbled a reply.
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