drowse

1. v. i. To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. Source: opted

2. v. t. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Source: opted

3. n. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze. Source: opted

4. n. a light fitful sleep Source: wordnet

5. v. sleep lightly or for a short period of time Source: wordnet

6. v. be on the verge of sleeping Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

9. v:100 v. be on the verge of sleeping Source: ecdict

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