drowse

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness. Followed by away: to pass (time) drowsily or in sleeping; also, to proceed (on a way) drowsily or sleepily. To make (someone or something) dull or inactive, as if from sleepiness.
2. verb To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness.
3. verb Followed by away: to pass (time) drowsily or in sleeping; also, to proceed (on a way) drowsily or sleepily.
4. verb To make (someone or something) dull or inactive, as if from sleepiness.
5. verb Often followed by away or off: to be drowsy or sleepy; to be half-asleep. To be dull or inactive, as if from sleepiness.
6. verb Often followed by away or off: to be drowsy or sleepy; to be half-asleep.
7. verb To be dull or inactive, as if from sleepiness.
8. noun An act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy.

   in a drowse

Similar words

doze snooze nod billowy somniate somnolize put to sleep nod out rest slumber

Often followed by

in and of off on away through to the

Word family

drowsed drowses drowsing