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sound asleep

sound asleep adjective: sleeping still and silently.

Adjective

sound asleep (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Sleeping still and silently.
    • When Frere had come down, an hour before, the prisoners were all snugly between their blankets. They were not so now; though, at the first clink of the bolts, they would be back again in their old positions, to all appearances sound asleep.1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter V, in For the Term of His Natural Life
    Antonyms:
    wide awake, awake

sound asleep meaning in Bengali

sound asleep in Bengali

স্থির এবং নিঃশব্দে ঘুমানো

Synonyms of sound asleep

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Questions about sound asleep

What does sound asleep mean?
Sound asleep means sleeping still and silently.
What is sound asleep in Bengali?
Sound asleep in Bengali is স্থির এবং নিঃশব্দে ঘুমানো. See Sound asleep meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is sound asleep?
Sound asleep is an adjective.

Words near sound asleep in the dictionary

  1. sound as a barrel
  2. sound as a bell
  3. sound as a dollar
  4. sound as a pound
  5. sound as a roach
  6. sound asleep
  7. sound barrier
  8. sound barriers
  9. sound bath
  10. sound baths
  11. sound bite

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