nounπShareThe state of being sleepy and inactive."in a drowse"physiologymindbodysensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo be sleepy and inactive."After a big lunch, I began to drowse in my comfortable chair. "physiologysensationconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo nod off; to fall asleep."The lecture was so boring that the student started to drowse. "physiologymindbodyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo advance drowsily. (Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" β sleepily make one's way.)"After a large lunch, he would drowse his way through the afternoon meeting, struggling to stay awake. "physiologyactionsensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid."The warm afternoon sun tended to drowse the students during the history lecture. "physiologymindsensationconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading