drowse
to be sleepy or half-asleep.
to be dull or sluggish.
to pass or spend (time) in drowsing (often followed by away): He drowsed away the morning.
to make sleepy.
a sleepy condition; state of being half-asleep.
Origin of drowse
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How to use drowse in a sentence
Will not one puff of that narcotic breath drowse deep all watching dragons, and make for him the sleeping beauties of his will?
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Slowly before the drowse of darkness, the noises quieted and the fires died down.
The Way of an Indian | Frederic RemingtonIt is as if all these years I had been in a drowse in my mind, and had suddenly sprung up throbbingly awake.
The Diary of a Saint | Arlo BatesAnd it may be, as they sit there and drowse and dream, that the Hollow Tree People creep up close and watch them.
The Hollow Tree Snowed-In | Albert Bigelow PaineHer rambling drowse naturally brought back the whole trip to Hillsborough and her conversation with Bertha.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
British Dictionary definitions for drowse
/ (draʊz) /
to be or cause to be sleepy, dull, or sluggish
the state of being drowsy
Origin of drowse
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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