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drowse
[drouz]
verb (used without object)
to be sleepy or half-asleep.
to be dull or sluggish.
verb (used with object)
to pass or spend (time) in drowsing (often followed byaway ).
He drowsed away the morning.
to make sleepy.
noun
a sleepy condition; state of being half-asleep.
drowse
/ ʊ /
verb
to be or cause to be sleepy, dull, or sluggish
noun
the state of being drowsy
Word History and Origins
Origin of drowse1
Word History and Origins
Origin of drowse1
Example Sentences
Of the 63 subjects who dropped the glass as they drowsed, 26 did so after they had already passed through N1 sleep.
Taran drowsed with one hand on the iron brooch, the other grasping his sword.
The greyhound lay on its side, drowsing, one chestnut-colored eye only partly closed and rolling grotesquely in the socket.
Late one night the drowsing pro got a phone call at home.
While summer often wakes me at 4am with dawn, in winter I can sleep for hours, surrendering to my bed shortly after 9pm, and drowsing there until my morning alarm.
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