| ADJECTIVE | all | asleep | in a state of sleep |
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| all | asleep, benumbed, numb | lacking sensation | |
| all | asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone | dead | |
| ADVERB | all | asleep | into a sleeping state |
| all | asleep | in the sleep of death |
| Sounds | ahsliy'p | |
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| Rhymes | beep ... weep: 22 rhymes with iyp... | |
| Meaning | In a state of sleep. | |
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| Narrower | at rest | In a state of repose or especially sleep |
| dormant, hibernating, torpid | In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation | |
| drowsy, drowsing, dozy | Half asleep | |
| fast asleep, sound asleep | sleeping deeply | |
| hypnoid | Of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis | |
| sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded | Ready to fall asleep | |
| slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent | Inclined to or marked by drowsiness | |
| unawakened | Still asleep | |
| See also | unaware, incognizant | (often followed by 'of') not aware / aware |
| unconscious | not conscious | |
| Opposite | awake | not in a state of sleep |
| Spanish | dormido | |
| Catalan | adormit | |
| Adverbs | asleep | into a sleeping state |
| Meaning | lacking sensation. | |
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| Example | "my foot is asleep" | |
| Synonyms | benumbed, numb | |
| Broader | insensible | Incapable of physical sensation |
| Spanish | entumecido, insensibilizado, insensible | |
| Catalan | insensibilitzat, insensible | |
| Meaning | dead. | |
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| Synonyms | at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone | |
| Broader | dead | no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life |
| Usage of | euphemism | An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh |
| Spanish | difunto, fallecido, muerto | |
| Catalan | difunt, mort | |
| Adverbs | asleep | in the sleep of death |
| Meaning | Into a sleeping state. | |
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| Example | "he fell asleep" | |
| Adjectives | asleep | in a state of sleep |
| Meaning | In the sleep of death. | |
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| Adjectives | asleep | dead |
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