adj 1: in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang";
"fell asleep at the wheel" [syn: asleep(p)] [ant: awake(p)]
2: lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
[syn: asleep(p), benumbed, numb]
3: (euphemistic) "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"
[syn: asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone]
adv 1: into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep"
2: in the sleep of death