"sound asleep" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-sound asleep.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sound asleep (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Sleeping still and silently. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: fast asleep Translations (sleeping still and silently): nanok (Bikol Central), 沉睡 (chénshuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 熟睡 (shúshuì) (Chinese Mandarin), sügavas unes (Estonian), syvässä unessa (Finnish), dormir à poings fermés (French), fest schlafend (German), tief schlafend (German), ferrado no sono [masculine] (Portuguese), крепко спящий (krepko spjaščij) (Russian), mışıl mışıl uyuyan (Turkish)

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