Meaning & use
Asleep
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In a state of sleep; not awake.
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The baby finally fell asleep after being rocked for an hour.
My foot is asleep after sitting cross-legged for so long.
A note on using this word
Also used informally to describe a limb that has lost feeling due to pressure on a nerve.
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sleepingdozingslumbering
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