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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. in a state of sleep;
- Example: "were all asleep when the phone rang"
- Example: "fell asleep at the wheel"

2. lacking sensation;
- Example: "my foot is asleep"
- Example: "numb with cold"
[syn: asleep(p), benumbed, numb]

3. dead;
- Example: "he is deceased"
- Example: "our dear departed friend"
[syn: asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone]


ADVERB (2)

1. into a sleeping state;
- Example: "he fell asleep"

2. in the sleep of death; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Asleep \A*sleep"\, a. & adv. [Pref. a- + sleep.]
   1. In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
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            Fast asleep the giant lay supine.     --Dryden.
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            By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. --Milton.
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   2. In the sleep of the grave; dead.
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            Concerning them which are asleep . . . sorrow not,
            even as others which have no hope.    --1 Thess. iv.
                                                  13.
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   3. Numbed, and, usually, tingling. --Udall.
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            Leaning long upon any part maketh it numb, and, as
            we call it, asleep.                   --Bacon.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]