drowse

  • 121yawn — Synonyms and related words: aperture, boredom, broaching, cavity, chasm, check, clearing, cleft, crack, dehisce, dehiscence, disclosure, doldrums, doze, drowse, ennui, fenestra, fistula, fontanel, foramen, gap, gape, gaping, gat, gulf, hang open …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 122 — 【매】 잠을 자다. 갓머리부 9획 (총12획) [n] sound sleep; deep sleep; [v] be asleep; sleep; drowse; doze ビ·ねる 夢寐間 (몽매간) 꿈을 꾸는 동안. 夙興夜寐 (숙흥야매) 아침에 일찍 일어나고 밤에는 늦게 자며 부지런히 일함. 寤寐求之 (오매구지) 자나깨나 찾음 …

    Hanja (Korean Hanzi) dictionary

  • 123repose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. rest (see repose); lay, place, entrust, deposit, put. See support, location. II State of rest Nouns 1. repose, rest, inactivity, relaxation, breathing time or spell, letup, halt, pause, respite,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 124rest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. remainder, remains, balance, residuum; repose; death. See music. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Repose] Syn. sleep, ease, quiet, quietude, quietness, tranquillity, slumber, calm, calmness, peace, peacefulness …

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  • 125drop off — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To sleep] Syn. fall asleep, doze, drowse; see sleep . 2. [To deliver] Syn. leave, hand over, present; see give 1 . 3. [To become fewer or less] Syn. decline, decrease, fall off, slip; see decrease 1 . II (Roget s 3… …

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  • 126weary — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. exhausted, fatigued, overworked; see tired . See Synonym Study at tired . v. 1. [To make weary] Syn. annoy, vex, distress, irk, tax, strain, overwork, exhaust, fatigue, tire, tucker out*, harass, bore, disgust,… …

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  • 127drowsy — [15] The etymological notion underlying drowsy seems to be of heaviness, with eyelids falling and the head nodding over the chest. The word probably comes from a Germanic base *drūs , which also produced drūsian, an Old English verb meaning ‘be… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 128snooze — v. n. (Colloq.) Slumber, drowse, sleep, nap, doze …

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