Complete Definition of "fall asleep"

English

Noun
to fall asleep (past tense fell asleep, past participle fallen asleep)

  1. To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.
  2. context|poetic|euphemism To die (often seen on gravestones).

#:John Doe, fell asleep 1 January 2001.

See also
to nod off
to put to sleep

Translations
trans-top|to pass into sleep
Czech: usnout
Finnish: nukahtaa
French: s'endormir
German: einschlafen
Hungarian: t|hu|elalszik
Italian: addormentarsi
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Slovak: zaspať, usnúť
Slovenian: zaspati
Swedish: somna#Swedish|somna
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trans-top|die
Finnish: nukkua pois
German: entschlafen
trans-mid
Slovak: zosnúť
Swedish: somna in#Swedish|somna in
trans-bottom

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ttbc|Polish: zasypia�, zasn��, usypia�, usn��
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fr:fall asleep
it:fall asleep
sv:fall asleep

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