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. dreósan 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