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What does asleep mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word asleep? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
  2. (slang) Inattentive.
  3. (of a body part) Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness.
  4. (euphemistic) dead
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You see during the night the watchman kind of maybe fell asleep and some raiders stole the carriage.
By the time I got home the next morning, bombed out of my skull on cheap tequila and even cheaper laudanum, she was already asleep.
The younger girl had fallen asleep, curled up in her blanket and still clutching the strip of beef jerky.
Their drummer seemed to be half asleep because he missed a dozen beats key beats that were supposed to accent the vocals.
If apnea is falling asleep at the wheel and driving off the road, SIDS is falling asleep at the wheel and driving into a bridge abutment.
Debbie was still asleep so I decided to try and go back to sleep until she woke up.

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