addormentarsi — meaning in English

English meaning

• drowse verb To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness.
• nod verb To move the head up and down, usually to show agreement or acknowledgment.

Senses

addormentarsi is used for these senses in English:

• fall asleep To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.
• fall asleep (poetic, euphemistic) To die (often seen on gravestones).
• nod (intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
• nod off (idiomatic, intransitive) To fall asleep, especially unintentionally.

drowse — full definition

1. verb To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness.
2. verb Followed by away: to pass (time) drowsily or in sleeping; also, to proceed (on a way) drowsily or sleepily.
3. verb To make (someone or something) dull or inactive, as if from sleepiness.
4. verb Often followed by away or off: to be drowsy or sleepy; to be half-asleep.

nod — full definition

1. verb To move the head up and down, usually to show agreement or acknowledgment.
2. verb To let the head droop as one starts to fall asleep.
3. noun The gesture of moving the head up and down, showing agreement or greeting.
4. noun A brief mention or reference to something.

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