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Synonyms

drowse

American  
[drouz] / draʊz /

verb (used without object)

drowsed, drowsing

  1. to be sleepy or half-asleep.

  2. to be dull or sluggish.

verb (used with object)

drowsed, drowsing

  1. to pass or spend (time) in drowsing (often followed byaway ).

    He drowsed away the morning.

  2. to make sleepy.

noun

  1. a sleepy condition; state of being half-asleep.

drowse British  
/ draʊz /

verb

  1. to be or cause to be sleepy, dull, or sluggish

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noun

  1. the state of being drowsy

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Etymology

Origin of drowse

before 900; Old English drūsian to droop, become sluggish (not recorded in ME); akin to Old English drēosan to fall

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