What part of speech is drowsing?

Drowsing can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. drowsing is a verb, gerund of drowse (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does drowsing mean?

Definitions

Adjective

drowsing - half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair"

Verb

drowse - be on the verge of sleeping; "The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class"
drowse - sleep lightly or for a short period of time

Noun

drowsing - The condition of being drowsy.

Examples of drowsing

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1. adj. It seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor.
Sentence  
adj.
It seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor.

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