asleep
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1.0
- adverb
- /əˈslip/
:
dormirse
- Smiling broadly, she fell back asleep to the steady whirr of the tires on pavement.
- fall asleep
If you struggle to fall asleep, struggle to stay asleep, just try this.
- If you struggle to fall asleep, struggle to stay asleep, just try this.
- I'm very guilty at falling asleep with my makeup on.
- Warm up to cool down, to fall asleep, stay cool to stay asleep, warm up to wake up.
- You can't hear the and I fall right asleep pretty cushy.
- You're not tense, but you're not completely falling asleep, but you're, you're mentally flexible.
- Climb back into bed and I'm not able to fall asleep again, just like last Saturday.
- So mine will go fall asleep fast.
- So I will try to keep it short so you don't fall asleep.
- Laying in my arms in my bedroom, just falling asleep.
- He goes, you'd take it off like a helicopter, just fell back asleep.
- Jail would the only place I could go asleep and felt safe, sad.
- calming, falling asleep, digestion, sexual arousal for that matter, and so on.
Examples
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Dad collapses into bed and falls asleep immediately, a skill he developed as a soldier.
Academic text (2011) -
Well, actually, the trick to falling asleep is trying to stay awake.
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You fell asleep on my shoulder.
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Linda looks as though she is about to fall asleep standing up.
Fiction book (1990) -
We drink and drink, and finally he falls asleep on his office couch.
Fiction book (1992) -
You know, with a bit of luck, she'll be tucked up and fast asleep by now.
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You two will fall asleep quickly after such a long day of hiking.
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As soon as he lay down in bed, he fell asleep within minutes.
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The baby is finally asleep after her long day of playing.
Synonyms
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To start sleeping
369
1.0
To stop being awake and rest with your eyes closed
23
3.8
To slowly fall asleep without meaning to
2
7.9
To fall asleep by accident because you are very tired
To begin to fall asleep without meaning to
Idioms
- Formal
To die as a Christian who trusts in God and expects life after death
How Quickly
- Informal
12
4.1
73
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43
2.3
23
3.8
- Informal
253
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word asleep is made of a- meaning 'in' and sleep, so it can show movement 'into' sleep. That's why to fall or drift asleep means to go into the state of sleep.