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drowse

n. அரைத்தூக்க நிலை, (வினை) தூங்கிவிழு, தூங்கிவழி, சோம்பியிரு, மந்தித்திரு, தூங்கிவிழச்செய், உணர்வு மழுங்கச் செய், தூங்கி விழுந்து காலங்கழி.


Drowse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing.] Etym: [AS. dr, dr, to sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG. dr, druusken, to slumber, fall down with a noise; prob, akin to AS. dreósan to fall. See Dreary.] Defn: To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. "He drowsed upon his couch." South. In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell. Drowse, v. t. Defn: To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton. Drowse, n. Defn: A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze. But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Mrs. Browning.


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