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Meaning of asleep

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  asleep
      adv 1: into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep"
      2: in the sleep of death
      adj 1: in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone
             rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel" [ant: {awake(p)}]
      2: lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
         [syn: {asleep(p)}, {benumbed}, {numb}]
      3: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn:
         {asleep(p)}, {at peace(p)}, {at rest(p)}, {deceased},
         {departed}, {gone}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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