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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
ChatGPT
fall asleep
Fall asleep refers to the process of transitioning from a state of wakefulness into a state of unconsciousness or sleep. It is often characterized by relaxation of muscles, change in breathing patterns, detachment from surroundings and the closure of eyes.
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
It feels draining to me. No, I don't care. There's so much stuff that you would not believe I haven't seen, and the other problem that I have, and it's a real problem, is I have to go see a movie in a movie theater at like 11:00 AM or else I'm going to fall asleep, maybe it's my eyes going back and forth and I don't know what it is.
The crazy thing was, I ’m not a night owl. Without pills I ’d fall asleep at 9:30. But with pills, I could get so much done, I just figured, ‘ This is awesome. ’ Little did I know [ fiance and now wife ] Deanna would be finding some of my pills and when she did, she ’d flush them down the toilet.
You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.
This leaves open the possibility that, in a boring fMRI scanner they have nothing to do to keep them awake and thus fall asleep.
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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