What does fall asleep mean?
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fall asleep
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Princeton's WordNet
fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse offverb
change from a waking to a sleeping state
"he always falls asleep during lectures"
Wiktionary
fall asleepverb
To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.
fall asleepverb
To die
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fall asleep in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fall asleep in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of fall asleep in a Sentence
Some patients with a loud faulty valve can even hear the sound of their valve at night when they are trying to fall asleep.
During vacation, none of the technology was associated with shorter sleep time, because adolescents were able to sleep in later, however, we found that social media was associated with somewhat longer time to fall asleep, and this might be due to social media being mentally alerting and emotionally engaging, so it's harder for adolescents to wind down quickly afterwards.
Eric Schmitt-Matzen, a mechanical engineer and president of Packing Seals Engineering in Jacksboro, Tenn., told news outlets Eric Schmitt-Matzen arrived at the unidentified hospital and met the boy’s mother and family members, who were also unidentified. A nurse had called with the special request and given Eric Schmitt-Matzen a toy to offer the child during his visit, USA Today reported. When I walked in, Eric Schmitt-Matzen was laying there so weak, it looked like Eric Schmitt-Matzen was ready to fall asleep.
Nightmares are really a common symptom of PTSD, people are terrified by their nightmares and always very ambivalent about whether to fall asleep or not because they know that they may meet their demons.
I was like' I can't leave'cause of my kids, but I'm not happy, what do I do ?' what I did was drink a bottle of scotch and fall asleep on the couch, which turned out not to be the solution.
Translations for fall asleep
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- تغفوArabic
- usnoutCzech
- falde i søvnDanish
- entschlafen, einschlafenGerman
- αποκοιμιέμαιGreek
- dormirseSpanish
- nukahtaa, nukkua poisFinnish
- sovna burtur, sovnaFaroese
- s'endormirFrench
- elalszikHungarian
- dormeskarIdo
- sofnaIcelandic
- dormire, addormentarsi, cadere addormentatoItalian
- 寝る, 寝付く, 寝静まる, 眠りに落ちる, 寝入るJapanese
- خهو لێکهوتنKurdish
- addormisco, addormioLatin
- заспиваMacedonian
- in slaap vallen, ontslapen, inslapenDutch
- usnąć, odchodzić, usypiać, odejść, zasnąć, zasypiaćPolish
- adormecerPortuguese
- siriyQuechua
- adormiRomanian
- почить, засыпать, опочить, заснуть, уснутьRussian
- zosnúť, usnúť, zaspaťSlovak
- zaspatiSlovene
- falla i sömn, somna in, somnaSwedish
- ngủ gụcVietnamese
- slipikönVolapük
- 睡著Chinese
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