drowse
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- noun
- /draʊz/
:
siesta
- After a long day at work, I enjoyed a peaceful drowse on the couch.
Examples
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On lazy Sunday afternoons, a warm drowse is the perfect way to recharge my energy.
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They subside in a slow drowse into sleep.
Fiction book (1994) -
We rested in the warm meadow with the drowse.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the drowse of night, Greither had a reverie of Nina's baffled look on receiving word that her husband was in a Central American jail.
Fiction book (1993) -
Staying up for two hours in Shropshire County in the United Kingdom, British blogger Colin Drowse composed random thoughts with the subject that the debate made him tired:
Blog text (33) -
A murmuring excitement spread through the building: vendors woke from their drowse and dusted their ancient merchandise; the baggage wheel shuddered and began to spin: the lights above the ticket counter flickered on.
Fiction book (1991) -
The gentle sound of the rain lulled me into a light drowse on the picnic blanket.
Synonyms
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A time when you are not awake
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A long time of being not active like hibernation or death
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3.9
A period when something is asleep or inactive
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8.5
A short sleep, often during the day or while traveling
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2.8
A short light sleep often taken without meaning to
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3.7
A short, shallow sleep you wake up easily from
A short light sleep taken during the day
Antonyms
How Sleepy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drowse comes from an old English word meaning 'to be sleepy' and is related to the common words doze and drowsy. So a drowse is a short, light sleep or a state of being partly asleep.