HyperDic: drowse_off

English > 1 sense of the expression drowse off:
VERBbodydrowse off, fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze offchange from a waking to a sleeping state
English > drowse off: 1 sense > verb 1, body
Meaningchange from a waking to a sleeping state.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymsfall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off
Narrowerzonk outfall asleep fast, as when one is extremely tired
See alsodrowsebe on the verge of sleeping
Oppositewake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, wakenstop sleeping
Spanishadormecerse, dormirse
Catalanadormir-se, endormiscar-se

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