drowse
Americanverb (used without object)
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to be sleepy or half-asleep.
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to be dull or sluggish.
verb (used with object)
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to pass or spend (time) in drowsing (often followed byaway ).
He drowsed away the morning.
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to make sleepy.
noun
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of drowse
before 900; Old English drūsian to droop, become sluggish (not recorded in ME); akin to Old English drēosan to fall
Example Sentences
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Of the 63 subjects who dropped the glass as they drowsed, 26 did so after they had already passed through N1 sleep.
From Scientific American
Taran drowsed with one hand on the iron brooch, the other grasping his sword.
From Literature
The greyhound lay on its side, drowsing, one chestnut-colored eye only partly closed and rolling grotesquely in the socket.
From Literature
Late one night the drowsing pro got a phone call at home.
From Golf Digest
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.
From The Guardian
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