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fall asleep en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.
   • She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky. 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter II (Burglary), page 378, column 1:
2. (figuratively, idiomatic) To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.
   • My left leg has fallen asleep!
3. (euphemistic, poetic) To die (often seen on gravestones).
   • And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loud voice, Lord lay not this sinne to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleepe. And Saul was consenting vnto his death. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 7:60:

Forms

Antonyms

wake (pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep) · wake up (pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep) · awake (pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep) · awaken (pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep)

Deriveds

fall asleep in the Lord

Relateds

faint · sleep · go to bed · put to sleep · pass out

Synonyms

go to sleep · fall asleep · get off · pass away · nod out · go night-night · zone · doze off · sack out · pass over · pass · drop off · nod off · drift off (pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep) · crash out

Translations (177)

mk дремне pf or задреме (to pass into sleep) · bg заспи́вам (to pass into sleep) · hu álomba merül (to pass into sleep) · fo sovna (to pass into sleep) · izh nukahtaissa (to pass into sleep) · mk заспие (to pass into sleep) · nb sovne inn (euphemism for “to die”) · et magama jääma (to pass into sleep) · nb sovne (to be affected by paresthesia) · hy քնել (to pass into sleep) · az uyumaq (euphemism for “to die”) · fi nukkua pois (euphemism for “to die”) · de einpennen (to pass into sleep) · ko 잠이 들다 (to pass into sleep) · mn унтах (to pass into sleep) · fa-ira بِه خواب رَفْتَن (to pass into sleep) · pl mieć mrowienie (to be affected by paresthesia) · mk заспива (to pass into sleep) · tg хоб рафтан (to pass into sleep) · hu elalszik (to pass into sleep) · ru засыпа́ть (to pass into sleep) · ckb خەو لێکەوتن (to pass into sleep) · ca adormir-se (to pass into sleep) · ja 寝付く (to pass into sleep) · ja 寝る (to pass into sleep) · ast adormecer (to pass into sleep) · eo ekdormi (to pass into sleep) · se nohkkat (to pass into sleep) · vi ngủ gục (to pass into sleep) · da sove ind (to pass into sleep) · es dormirse (to pass into sleep) · tg хобаш бурдан (to pass into sleep) · az hissizləşmək (to be affected by paresthesia) · lo ຫລັບ (to pass into sleep) · ar غَلَّبَ النُعَاس (to pass into sleep) · grc δαρθάνω (to pass into sleep) · nb dovne bort (to be affected by paresthesia) · ro adormi (to pass into sleep) · nl inslapen (to pass into sleep) · pl usypiać (to pass into sleep) · az üyüşmək (to be affected by paresthesia) · pl zasypiać (to pass into sleep) · ga téigh a chodladh (to pass into sleep) · ar اِسْتَغْرَقَ فِي النَّوْم (to pass into sleep) · fi puutua (to be affected by paresthesia) · lo ເຊືອບ (to pass into sleep) · la torpescō (to be affected by paresthesia) · nl indutten (to pass into sleep) · pt adormecer (to pass into sleep) · izh nukahtaa (to pass into sleep) · hu elhuny (euphemism for “to die”) · af aan die slaap raak (to pass into sleep) · th โงก (to pass into sleep) · de einschlafen (to be affected by paresthesia) · th หลับ (to pass into sleep) · ro adormi (euphemism for “to die”) · sv somna in (euphemism for “to die”) · ru почи́ть (euphemism for “to die”) · ar غَفَا (to pass into sleep) · chr ᎦᏢᏍᎦ (to pass into sleep) · la obdormiō (to pass into sleep) · qu siriy (to pass into sleep) · acw غفي (to pass into sleep) · ky уктоо (to pass into sleep) · ta துங்கிப்போ (to pass into sleep) · fo sovna burtur (euphemism for “to die”) · hu elzsibbad (to be affected by paresthesia) · be засыпа́ць (to pass into sleep) · ja 眠りに落ちる (to pass into sleep) · grc καθυπνόω (to pass into sleep) · nl ontslapen (euphemism for “to die”) · it addormentarsi (euphemism for “to die”) · sk zaspávať (to pass into sleep) · az uyuşmaq (to be affected by paresthesia) · pl usnąć (to pass into sleep) · nl in slaap vallen (to pass into sleep) · is falla í svefn (to pass into sleep) · ja 眠る (euphemism for “to die”) · ja 寝静まる (to pass into sleep) · es quedarse dormido (to pass into sleep) · he נרדם (to pass into sleep) · ast dormir (to pass into sleep) · la addormiscō (to pass into sleep) · ja 永眠する (euphemism for “to die”) · sk usnúť (to pass into sleep) · et ära surema (to be affected by paresthesia) · bg заспя́ (to pass into sleep) · hu elmacskásodik (to be affected by paresthesia) · hi नींद आना (to pass into sleep) · prs بَه خواب رَفْتَن (to pass into sleep) · bg задрямвам (to pass into sleep) · ja 寝入る (to pass into sleep) · uk засина́ти (to pass into sleep) · srn dyonko (to pass into sleep) · tl makatulog (to pass into sleep) · nb sovne (to pass into sleep) · pl zasnąć (to pass into sleep) · hi नींद में पड़ना (to pass into sleep) · lt užmigti (to pass into sleep) · roa-opt adormecer (to pass into sleep) · sk zosnúť (euphemism for “to die”) · it spirare (euphemism for “to die”) · sh zàspati (to pass into sleep) · grc ἀποκοιμῶμαι (to pass into sleep) · lv aizmigt (to pass into sleep) · ky уйкуга кетүү (to pass into sleep) · mk дреме (to pass into sleep) · nv iiłháásh (to pass into sleep) · fi nukahtaa (to pass into sleep) · kk ұйқыға кету (to pass into sleep) · io dormeskar (to pass into sleep) · mn унтчих (to pass into sleep) · es adormirse (to pass into sleep) · th หลับไป (to pass into sleep) · id ketiduran (to pass into sleep) · fa-ira خوابَش بُرْدَن (to pass into sleep) · eo endormiĝi (to pass into sleep) · es rolearse (to pass into sleep) · lo ນອນຫລັບ (to pass into sleep) · sq fjeta (to pass into sleep) · ka დაიძინებს (to pass into sleep) · ko 잠들다 (to pass into sleep) · pl spać snem wiecznym (euphemism for “to die”) · es quedarse jato (to pass into sleep) · uk засипа́ти (to pass into sleep) · hu megmacskásodik (to be affected by paresthesia) · ka ჩაიძინებს (to pass into sleep) · eu lo gelditu (to pass into sleep) · nn sovna (to pass into sleep) · el αποκοιμιέμαι (to pass into sleep) · tr uyuyakalmak (to pass into sleep) · la addormiō (to pass into sleep) · az uyumaq (to pass into sleep) · nn falla i svevn (to pass into sleep) · sl zaspati (to pass into sleep) · ta மரத்து போ (to be affected by paresthesia) · es adormecerse (to pass into sleep) · uk засну́ти (to pass into sleep) · de entschlafen (euphemism for “to die”) · nb falle i søvn (to pass into sleep) · ru усну́ть (to pass into sleep) · sh за̀спати (to pass into sleep) · yi אַנטשלאָפֿן (to pass into sleep) · it addormentarsi (to pass into sleep) · fr s'endormir (to pass into sleep) · la obdormiscō (to pass into sleep) · hu elgémberedik (to be affected by paresthesia) · da falde i søvn (to pass into sleep) · aln tung (to pass into sleep) · uz uxlab qolmoq (to pass into sleep) · cs usnout (to pass into sleep) · is sofna (to pass into sleep) · ar نَامَ (to pass into sleep) · sv falla i sömn (to pass into sleep) · cs usínat (to pass into sleep) · cmn 睡著 /睡着 (to pass into sleep) · de einschlafen (to pass into sleep) · it spegnersi (euphemism for “to die”) · be засну́ць (to pass into sleep) · sk zaspať (to pass into sleep) · hu jobblétre szenderül (euphemism for “to die”) · hi सो जाना (to pass into sleep) · ast apigazar (to pass into sleep) · sv somna (to be affected by paresthesia) · az yuxulamaq (to pass into sleep) · vo slipikön (to pass into sleep) · sv somna (to pass into sleep) · sk usínať (to pass into sleep) · ru засну́ть (to pass into sleep) · km ដេកលក់ (to pass into sleep) · gl adormecer (to pass into sleep) · az keyləşmək (to be affected by paresthesia) · acw نام (to pass into sleep) · az keyimək (to be affected by paresthesia) · nap s'addorme (to pass into sleep) · ca adormir-se (to be affected by paresthesia) · ru опочи́ть (euphemism for “to die”)