"half-asleep" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "half- + asleep",
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  "etymology_text": "half- + asleep",
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      "expansion": "half-asleep (not comparable)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "name": "Sleep",
          "orig": "en:Sleep",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He gently lifted the half-asleep child into bed."
        }
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        "Showing signs of being asleep or very sleepy, as not demonstrating full energy or attention."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "asleep",
          "asleep"
        ],
        [
          "sleepy",
          "sleepy"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "attention",
          "attention"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "half-awake"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very sleepy",
          "word": "puoliunessa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very sleepy",
          "word": "puolinukuksissa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "very sleepy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "demi-sommeil"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "very sleepy",
          "word": "milli svefns og vöku"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very sleepy",
          "word": "assonnato"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very sleepy",
          "word": "insonnolito"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "very sleepy",
          "word": "halvsovande"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "half-asleep"
}

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        "2": "half",
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      },
      "expansion": "half- + asleep",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "half- + asleep",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "half-awake"
    }
  ],
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        "en:Sleep"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He gently lifted the half-asleep child into bed."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Showing signs of being asleep or very sleepy, as not demonstrating full energy or attention."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "asleep",
          "asleep"
        ],
        [
          "sleepy",
          "sleepy"
        ],
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          "energy",
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        ],
        [
          "attention",
          "attention"
        ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very sleepy",
      "word": "puoliunessa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very sleepy",
      "word": "puolinukuksissa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very sleepy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "demi-sommeil"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "very sleepy",
      "word": "milli svefns og vöku"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very sleepy",
      "word": "assonnato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very sleepy",
      "word": "insonnolito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very sleepy",
      "word": "halvsovande"
    }
  ],
  "word": "half-asleep"
}