drowsy, drowsing, dozy
(adjective) half asleep; “made drowsy by the long ride”; “it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor”; “a tired dozy child”; “the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
drowsing
present participle of drowse
drowsing (plural drowsings)
The act of one who drowses.
• swording, wordings
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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