DROWSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drowsing mean? 

• DROWSING (adjective)
  The adjective DROWSING has 1 sense:

1. half asleep

  Familiarity information: DROWSING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DROWSING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Half asleep

Synonyms:

dozy; drowsing; drowsy

Context example:

the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair

Similar:

asleep (in a state of sleep)

 Context examples 

“Oh, nothing,” he added softly, as if he were drowsing; “only you’ve got me where you want me.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

This passed away as the puppies' antics and mauling continued, and he lay with half-shut patient eyes, drowsing in the sun.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Through this twilight universe Daisy began to move again with the season; suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men and drowsing asleep at dawn with the beads and chiffon of an evening dress tangled among dying orchids on the floor beside her bed.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)