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DROWSE
doze, drowse
(noun) a light fitful sleep
snooze, drowse, doze
(verb) sleep lightly or for a short period of time
drowse
(verb) be on the verge of sleeping; “The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
drowse (third-person singular simple present drowses, present participle drowsing, simple past and past participle drowsed)
(intransitive, also, figurative) To be sleepy and inactive.
(intransitive) To nod off; to fall asleep.
(transitive) To advance drowsily. (Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ⇒ sleepily make one's way.)
(transitive) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
Noun
drowse (plural drowses)
The state of being sleepy and inactive.
Anagrams
• Dowers, Sowder, dowers, dowser, sworde, wordes, worsed
Source: Wiktionary
Drowse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing.] Etym: [AS. dr, dr, to sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG. dr, druusken, to slumber, fall down with a noise; prob, akin to AS. dreĂłsan to fall. See Dreary.]
Definition: To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. "He drowsed upon his couch." South. In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell.
Drowse, v. t.
Definition: To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton.
Drowse, n.
Definition: A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze. But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Mrs. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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