Thesaurus: drowse

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1. v. i. To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze.
2. v. t. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
3. n. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
4. n. a light fitful sleep
5. v. sleep lightly or for a short period of time
6. v. be on the verge of sleeping
7. 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. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze. But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Mrs. Browning.
8. To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy withsleepiness; to doze. "He drowsed upon his couch." South.In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell.
9. v:100 v. be on the verge of sleeping