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Definition of drowse verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

drowse

verb

NAmE//draʊz//

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they drowse

he / she / it drowses

past simple drowsed

-ing form drowsing

to be in a light sleep or almost asleep My mother was sitting on the porch drowsing in the sun.

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