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DROWSE OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drowse off mean?
• DROWSE OFF (verb)
The verb DROWSE OFF has 1 sense:
1. change from a waking to a sleeping state
Familiarity information: DROWSE OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change from a waking to a sleeping state
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
dope off; doze off; drift off; drop off; drowse off; fall asleep; flake out; nod off
Context example:
he always falls asleep during lectures
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drowse off"):
zonk out (fall asleep fast, as when one is extremely tired)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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