drowsing

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D0399000 (drouz)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.

[Perhaps ultimately from Old English drūsian, to sink, be sluggish; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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drowsing - half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair"dozy, drowsyasleep - in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel"

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adj half asleep

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