fast asleep
Synonym of sound asleepSynonym of sound asleep.
» The baby was fast asleep in her mother's arms.
Der Säugling schlief tief und fest in den Armen seiner Mutter.
Ребёнок крепко спал на руках у матери.
Малышка крепко спала на руках у матери.
Дитя міцно спало на руках у мами.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, not comparable)Synonym of sound asleep.
in tiefem Schlaf
- sleeping deeply
Examples
57 sentencesThe baby was fast asleep in her mother's arms.
Дитя міцно спало на руках у мами. — deniko
ruРебёнок крепко спал на руках у матери. — marafon
deDer Säugling schlief tief und fest in den Armen seiner Mutter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He was fast asleep.
Він міцно спав. — deniko
ruОн крепко спал. — Olya
deEr schlief tief und fest. — xtofu80
Tom was fast asleep.
Том міцно спав. — deniko
ruТом крепко спал. — marafon
deTom schlief tief und fest. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The baby was fast asleep.
Дитина міцно спала. — deniko
ruРебёнок крепко спал. — marafon
deDas Baby schlief fest. — raggione
My daughter is fast asleep.
Моя донька міцно спить. — deniko
ruМоя дочь крепко спит. — marafon
deMeine Tochter schläft tief und fest. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
The original sense of fast in this term is the "firmly gripped or anchored" sense, thus asThe original sense of fast in this term is the "firmly gripped or anchored" sense, thus as if stuck fast (embedded firmly) in sleep, but the homonymy with fast as in "quickly" happens to dovetail with the fact that a very tired person will archetypally fall asleep quickly, which tends to color this term with a connotation of falling asleep both quickly and deeply.
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- sleeping deeply:sound asleep