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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DROWSE, v.i. drowz.
1. To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness.
2. To look heavy; to be heavy or dull.
DROWSE, v.t. To make heavy with sleep; to make dull or stupid.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a light fitful sleep [syn: doze, drowse] v
1: sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: snooze, drowse, doze]
2: be on the verge of sleeping; "The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (drowsed; drowsing) Etymology: probably akin to Gothic driusan to fall — more at dreary Date: 1573 intransitive verb 1. to be inactive 2. to fall into a light slumber transitive verb 1. to make drowsy or inactive 2. to pass (time) drowsily or in drowsing II. noun Date: 1796 the act or an instance of drowsing ; doze

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. be dull and sleepy or half asleep. 2 tr. a (often foll. by away) pass (the time) in drowsing. b make drowsy. 3 intr. archaic be sluggish. --n. a condition of sleepiness. Etymology: back-form. f. DROWSY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drowse Drowse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing.] [AS. dr?sian, dr?san, to sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG. dr?sen, druusken, to slumber, fall down with a noise; prob, akin to AS. dre['o]san to fall. See Dreary.] To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. ``He drowsed upon his couch.'' --South. In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. --Lowell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drowse Drowse, v. t. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drowse Drowse, n. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze. But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. --Mrs. Browning.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(drowses, drowsing, drowsed) If you drowse, you are almost asleep or just asleep. Nina drowsed for a while. = doze VERB: V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Slumber, doze, nap, be half asleep.

Moby Thesaurus

beauty sleep, beddy-bye, bedtime, blanket drill, bye-bye, dorm, doze, dreamland, fitful sleep, hibernation, land of Nod, light sleep, nap, oversleep, repose, saw logs, saw wood, shut-eye, silken repose, sleep, sleep soundly, sleepland, sleepwalking, slumber, slumberland, snoozle, snore, somnambulism, somniloquy, somnus, take a nap, unconsciousness, winter sleep