the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > make drowsy [verb (transitive)] > pass away (time) drowsily (6)
transitive. To waste by dreaming; to pass or spend (time, one's life, etc.) in dreaming or reverie. Cf. to dream away at phrasal verbs.
intransitive. To be drowsy; to be heavy or dull with or as with sleep; to be half asleep. Also with away, off.
transitive. To pass, spend, or waste (time, one's life, etc.) in dreaming or reverie. Also: to make (time) pass more quickly by dreaming.
transitive (with away, out). To pass or spend (time) in dozing.