Fall Asleep

Definition: Fall Asleep

Fall Asleep

Verb

1. Change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures".

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Synonyms: Fall Asleep

Inactivity

Sleep, slumber, be asleep; hibernate; oversleep; sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse; sleep soundly, heavily; doze, drowze, snooze, nap; take a nap; Noun: dream; snore one's best; settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep; doze off, drop off; fall asleep; drop asleep; close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids; weigh down the eyelids; get sleep, nod, yawn; go to bed, turn; get some z's, stack z's.

Crosswords: Fall Asleep

Then, I had to fall asleep to the sound of my brother naming his toes. (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster)

What ever you do, don't fall asleep! (A Nightmare On Elm Street; writing credit: Wes Craven)

I don't want to fall asleep (I Don't Want To Miss A Thing; performing artist: AEROSMITH)

How beautiful it was to fall asleep on your couch and cry in front of you for (Unsent; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Can't fall asleep tonight (Heaven; performing artist: Nu Flavor)

You know it's love when you can't fall asleep because reality is better than dreams. (references; author: unknown)

I Love to Fall Asleep (1926)

I'd Love to Fall Asleep and Wake Up in My Mammy's Arms (1922)

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Books

• 101 Ways to Fall Asleep (reference)

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Over her frame she would fall asleep. Credit: Library of Congress.

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When many diverse sensations have disturbed the day, when the mind is preoccupied, we can fall asleep once, but not a second time.

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Health

For each opportunity, time to fall asleep is measured. (references)

They may fall asleep at inappropriate times and places. (references)

The patient, feeling tired and weak, is likely to fall asleep. (references)

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Expression using "fall asleep": fall asleep again. Additional references.

Albanian

më zë gjumi, bie të fle (drop off, go to sleep, go to the bad, repose), bie në gjumë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏نام (doss, go to sleep, hibernate, sleep, slumber, vegetative). (various references)

Bulgarian 

заспивам (drop asleep, drop off, go to sleep, sack out). (various references)

Czech

usnout (drop off, get off to sleep, go off, go out like a light, go to sleep, nod off). (various references)

Finnish

nukkua (be asleep, go to sleep, sleep), nukahtaa (go to sleep). (various references)

French

s'endormir. (various references)

German

einschlafen (drop off, flake out, get off, go off, go to sleep, lapse, pass away, peter out, tail off, to fall asleep). (various references)

Greek 

πέφτω για ύπνο. (various references)

Hebrew 

לישון (go to sleep, sleep, slumber), ללכת לישון (go off, go to sleep, hit the hay, turn in), ל�"ר�"ם (drowse, go to sleep, nod, sleep, slumber), ל� ום (doze, slumber, take a nap). (various references)

Hungarian

elalszik (doze off, drop off, go to sleep, oversleep, to die down, to drop off, to drop off to sleep, to get off to sleep, to go dead, to go off, to go off to sleep, to go to sleep, to nod off, to zonk out). (various references)

Indonesian

terlena. (various references)

Italian

addormentare (deaden, lull to sleep, send to sleep). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

寝入る (to fall asleep). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ねしずまる (to fall asleep), ねいる (to fall asleep), ねむり�"む (to fall asleep, to sleep deeply), ゆめ�'むすぶ (to fall asleep, to sleep). (various references)

Pig Latin

allfay asleepay

Portuguese

dormir (be asleep, doss, kip, lie, rest, sleep), adormecer (doss, drop out, go numb, sleep). (various references)

Romanian

adormi (allay, alleviate, assuage, cheat, delude, die, drop asleep, drop off, go to sleep, hoodwink, knock out, lull, narcotize, rock, soften, soothe). (various references)

Russian 

засыпать (ply, swamp), заснуть (go to sleep). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaspati, zadremati (doze off, slumber away). (various references)

Spanish

dormirse (get off, go off, go to sleep, oversleep, slumber away), caer dormido. (various references)

Swedish

somna (go out). (various references)

Turkish

uyuyakalmak (doze off, drop asleep, drop off, oversleep, oversleep oneself), uykuya dalmak (drop asleep, drop off, go to sleep). (various references)

Turkmen 

uklamak (sleep), irkilmek. (various references)

Ukrainian

заснути (caulk, drop asleep, fall over). (various references)

dormi, dormiam, dormiamus, dormiamusque, dormiant, dormiat, dormiatis, dormiatque, dormiebant, dormiebat, dormiebatque, dormiemus, dormiendo, dormiendum, dormiens, dormient, dormientem, dormientes, dormienti, dormientibus, dormientis, dormierant, dormierint, dormieris, dormierit, dormieritis, dormiero, dormierunt, dormies, dormiesque, dormiet, dormietis, dormio, dormire, dormirent, dormis, dormisse, dormisset, dormisti, dormit, dormitas, dormite, dormitione, dormitis, dormiunt, dormivi, dormivit, dormivitque, obdormiam, obdormierant, obdormierunt, obdormiit, obdormisset, obdormivit. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: alleles, fallals, paellas.

-4 letters: allees, allele, asleep, elapse, fallal, fellas, lapels, paella, paleae, paleal, please, salpae.

-5 letters: alefs, alfas, allee, easel, falls, false, fease, feels, fella, fells, flaps, fleas, flees, lalls, lapel, lapse, leafs, leaps, lease, palea, pales, palls, peals, pease, peels, peles, pelfs, pleas, salal, salep, salpa, selle, sepal, sleep, spale, spall.