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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Drowse \Drowse\ (drouz), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowsed (drouzd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing.] [AS. dr[=u]sian, dr[=u]san, to
     sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy,
     fall asleep, LG. dr[=u]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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees.
                                                    --Lowell.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Drowse \Drowse\, v. t.
     To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make
     dull or stupid. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Drowse \Drowse\, n.
     A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy.    --Mrs.
                                                    Browning.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  drowse
     n.
     The state of being sleepy and inactive.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive also figurative) To be sleepy and inactive.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  drowse
     n.
     The state of being sleepy and inactive.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive also figurative) To be sleepy and inactive.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  drowse
     n.
     The state of being sleepy and inactive.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive also figurative) To be sleepy and inactive.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  drowse
     n.
     The state of being sleepy and inactive.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive also figurative) To be sleepy and inactive.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  drowse
     Englanti vb.
     torkkua, loikoilla, maata raukeana

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Drowse /dɹˈaʊz/
  إنعس

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  drowse //dɹaʊz// 
  дрямка
  state of being sleepy and inactive

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  drowse //dɹaʊz// 
  1. задрямвам
  To nod off; to fall asleep
  2. дремя
  to be sleepy and inactive

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  drowse /dɹˈaʊz/ 
  dřímat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  drowse /dɹˈaʊz/ 
  dösen 

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  drowse /dɹˈaʊz/
  drijemati, drijemež, pospanost

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  drowse /draʊz/ 
    drzemać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  drowse /dɹˈaʊz/  
  1. cochilo
  2. cochilar

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  drowse /dɹˈaʊz/
  1. uyuklamak, ayakta uyumak, pineklemek
  2. uyku vermek
  3. pinekleyerek vakit öldürmek
  4. uyuklama, yarı uykulu yarı uyanık olma hali.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "drowse":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 瞌睡;
  v. 打瞌睡;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 瞌睡
     vi. 打瞌睡
     vt. 使瞌睡

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