asleep: Meaning and Definition of

a•sleep

1. in or into a state of sleep: He fell asleep quickly.
2. into a dormant or inactive state; to rest: Their anxieties were put asleep.
3. into the state of death.

1. sleeping: He is asleep.
2. dormant; inactive.
3. (of the foot, hand, leg, etc.) numb.
4. dead.