[drouz] 
verb, drowsed, drows⋅ing, noun | 1. | to be sleepy or half-asleep. |
| 2. | to be dull or sluggish. |
| 3. | to pass or spend (time) in drowsing (often fol. by away): He drowsed away the morning. |
| 4. | to make sleepy. |
| 5. | a sleepy condition; state of being half-asleep. |
| drowse (drouz) v. drowsed, drows·ing, drows·es v. intr. To be half-asleep: drowsed in the warm sun. v. tr.
[Perhaps ultimately from Old English drūsian, to sink, be sluggish; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.] |