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halfsleep

halfsleep noun: state between being awake and being asleep; light sleep.

Noun

halfsleep (usually uncountable, plural halfsleeps)

  1. (usually) State between being awake and being asleep; light sleep.
    • Nick found Judah still out on the floor next to the open and emptied safe. Winded and slobbering in a halfsleep.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 55, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 269

Adjective

halfsleep (not comparable)

  1. In halfsleep.

halfsleep meaning in Tamil

halfsleep in Tamil

state between being awake and being asleep
அரைத்தூக்கம் araittūkkam

Forms of halfsleep

pluralhalfsleeps

Origin of halfsleep

From half- + sleep.

Questions about halfsleep

What does halfsleep mean?
Halfsleep means state between being awake and being asleep; light sleep.
What is halfsleep in Tamil?
Halfsleep in Tamil is அரைத்தூக்கம் (araittūkkam). See Halfsleep meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is halfsleep?
Halfsleep can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of halfsleep?
The plural of halfsleep is halfsleeps.

Words near halfsleep in the dictionary

  1. halfsibs
  2. halfsie
  3. halfsies
  4. halfsister
  5. halfsisters
  6. halfsleep
  7. halfsmoked
  8. halfspace
  9. halfspaces
  10. halfsphere
  11. halfspheres

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