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Definition of “drowse”

drowse (draʊz )

C16: probably from Old English drūsian to sink; related to drēosan to fall

= sleep, drop off, doze, nap, slumber, kip, snooze, nod off, get some shut-eye, zizz, have or get forty winks, catch some zeds, be sleepy, be drowsy

= sleep, nap, doze, slumber, kip, forty winks, zizz

At times, when the warm sun was coming in through the window, he'd drowse off, taking every chance at sleep like the soldier he was.

Kerr, Katharine A Time of War

needles bristling from various parts of her wasted body, would close her eyes and drowse.

Adair, Tom (Intro) Three Kinds of Kissing - Scottish Short Stories

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