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Drowse

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Noun

1. doze, drowse

a light fitful sleep

Verb

2. doze, drowse, snooze

sleep lightly or for a short period of time

3. drowse

be on the verge of sleeping

Example Sentences:
'The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Drowse

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verb
1. 
to be or cause to be sleepy, dull, or sluggish
noun
2. 
the state of being drowsy

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Drowse

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verb intransitiveWord forms: drowsed or ˈdrowsing
1. 
to sleep lightly; be half asleep; doze
verb transitive
2.  Rare
to make sleepy or sluggish
3. 
to spend (time) in drowsing
noun
4. 
the act or an instance of drowsing; doze

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Drowse

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v. drowsed, drows·ing, drows·es
v.intr.
To be half-asleep: drowsed in the warm sun.
v.tr.
1. To make drowsy: "drowsed with the fume of poppies" (John Keats).
2. To pass (time) by drowsing.
n.
The condition of being sleepy.

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