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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 drowse /ˈdraʊz/
 瞌睡(vi.)打瞌睡(vt.)使瞌睡

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Drowse v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowsed p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing.]  To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. “He drowsed upon his couch.”
    In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees.   --Lowell.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Drowse, n. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
    But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy.   --Mrs. Browning.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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"