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Fall asleep

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fall asleep"

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WordDefinition
doze offverbTo fall asleep unintentionally.
nod offverb(idiomatic, intransitive) To fall asleep, especially unintentionally.
drop offverb(idiomatic, transitive, especially US) To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.
flake outverb(intransitive, informal) To flake or be flaky: to prove unreliable; to abandon or desert someone.
drift offverb(intransitive, idiomatic) To fall asleep slowly.
dope offverb(slang) To be inattentive; to get out of hard work; to skive off.
drowse offverbchange from a waking to a sleeping state
somniateverbTo drowse.
forsleepverb(archaic, intransitive) To be overcome with sleep.
nod outverb(idiomatic) To become drowsy and fall asleep; nod off.
drowsenounAn act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy.
pass outverb(transitive) To distribute.
snooze offverb(intransitive) To drift off; to fall asleep
put to sleepverb(transitive, euphemistic) To kill an animal painlessly, often with an injection; to euthanize.
somnambulizeverbTo sleepwalk; to somnambulate.
peace outverb(intransitive, slang) To depart.
sleepnoun(uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
somnolizeverb(transitive) To make sleepy; to induce a drowsy or hypnotic state in.
unsleepverbTo be wakeful.
restnoun(uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.

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